Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Research Interests

Artificial intelligence in design and engineering; interactive CAD interfaces; brain computer interfaces; human-machine interactions; bipedal locomotion (human and humanoids); bio-robotics and mechatronics

Contact Information

245 Bell Hall

Buffalo NY, 14260

Phone: (716) 645-2517

ehsanesf@buffalo.edu

Latest News

SEAS PhD candidate receives first place in NeuroDesign Innovation
8/14/24
Joseph Distefano was recognized for his exploration into how the growing autonomy of artificial intelligence affects human trust.
Moog gift supports research into safer autonomous vehicles
7/8/24
Moog, Inc., a global design, manufacturer and integrator of precision control components and systems, and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences corporate partner, will provide $750,000 to support research in the University at Buffalo’s CEAR.
Using AI to automate real-time decision making for swarm robots
1/7/22
A team of University at Buffalo researchers received the Best Paper award at the IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems.
A gentle robotic hand that won't break eggs, pasta sticks
10/3/19
ZDNet.com, a business technology website published by CBS, reported on the two-finger gripper invented by UB engineers who have been developing ways of making robotic hands more like human hands. The critical factor in this new technology is the ability for the mechanism to alter the firmness of its grip.
Video Friday: Watch this robot dog explore an underground tunnel autonomously
9/16/19
IEEE Spectrum featured a robotic gripper developed by Ehsan Esfahani, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.“This gripper uses magnets as a sort of adjustable spring for dynamic stiffness control, which seems pretty clever,” reports IEEE Spectrum’s Video Friday newsletter on awesome robot videos.
Robotic gripper is gentle enough to handle eggs
9/13/19
A story in Futurity featured a robotic hand under development by Ehsan Esfahani, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The gripper is able to adjust the stiffness of its grasp, which allows it to handle and manipulate a wide variety of objects.

Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

Ehsan Esfahani

PhD

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