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A time of transition: Stories from starting a new research program in 2020

While everyone in the world in and out of academia has been affected by the pandemic, early-career researchers have had some of the most difficult challenges. Several professors who started and grew research programs in 2020 share their perspective …

On Radiation-Based Thermal Servoing: New Models, Controls, and Experiments

In this article, we introduce a new sensor-based control method that regulates (by means of robot motion) the temperature of objects that are subject to a radiative heat source. This valuable sensorimotor capability is needed in many industrial, …