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Robert Gregg

Robert Gregg

Professor, Robotics

Email rdgregg@umich.edu

Office 2260 FMCRB

Research Interests Legged robots; powered prostheses and orthoses; actuator design and control; nonlinear control theory; rehabilitation engineering; biomechanics of human locomotion.

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Honors and awards

2025
Outstanding Paper Award — IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
2024
Faculty Recognition Award — University of Michigan
2020
IEEE Transactions on Robotics Best Paper Award Honorable Mention — IEEE Transactions on Robotics
2019
Forchheimer Prize Paper Finalist — International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
2018
Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergrad Research Mentoring — UT Dallas
2018
Eugene McDermott Professorship — University of Texas at Dallas
2018
ICRA Conference Editorial Board Best Associate Editor Award — ICRA Conference Editorial Board
2018
Bioengineering Undergraduate Teaching Award — University of Texas at Dallas
2018
Bioengineering Graduate Student Mentoring Award — University of Texas at Dallas
2017
Technology Inventors Award Finalist — Technology Association for North Texas
2017
NSF CAREER Award — National Science Foundation
2016
Jonsson School Junior Faculty Research Award — University of Texas at Dallas
2016
IEEE Senior Member — Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
2014
Excellence in Biomedical Research Award — UT Dallas
2013
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award — National Institutes of Health
2012
Career Award at the Scientific Interface — Burroughs Wellcome Fund
2011
Best Technical Paper Award — CLAWAR Conference