Michael Yip, Ph.D.

Director

Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory (ARCLab)

Medical Robotics Collaboratory, Contextual Robotics Institute

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Affiliate Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Group

Contact

Franklin Antonio Hall Rm 3202

(858) 822-4778 

yip@ucsd.edu

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Michael Yip is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, IEEE RAS Distinguished Lecturer, Hellman Fellow,  Senior Member of the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors, and Director of the Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory (ARCLab)

His group currently focuses on a variety of research agendas across robotics, autonomy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. His work has been recognized through several best paper awards and nominations at ICRA and IROS, the 2017 best paper award for IEEE Robot and Automation Letters, as well as recognitions including the NSF CAREER award and the NIH Trailblazer award. 

Dr. Yip was previously a Research Associate with Disney Research Los Angeles in 2014, a Visiting Professor at Stanford University in 2019, and a Visiting Professor with Amazon Robotics' Machine Learning and Computer Vision group in Seattle, WA in 2018. He received a B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Stanford University.

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