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Kris Hauser

Principal Investigator

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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7 months ago

Robotics, AI, Soft Manipulation, Tactile Sensing, Agricultural Systems

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Works across CS, EE, and ME on AI-driven robots that perceive and interact with deformable objects. Contributes to multi-institution efforts including AIFARMS ($20M), COALESCE ($2M), and RobInHighTs ($1M) advancing agricultural automation.

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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mobile manipulator robot for adaptive plant tissue sampling

A mobile manipulator robot equipped with AI and probabilistic machine learning techniques to perform precise plant tissue sampling in glasshouse environments, overcoming challenges like atypical plant appearance and occl...

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Kris Hauser

Principal Investigator

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Principal Investigator

Top industry applications

Artificial intelligence & machine learningPrecision farming and smart agricultureRobotics & autonomous systems

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Artificial IntelligenceInteractions & ForcesMachine LearningStatistics & Probability

Last updated Feb 2026