ABOUT
I am an assistant professor at Louisiana State University, researching mobility for robotic systems. Previously, I was a postdoc in the Deep Robot Optical Perception (DROP) laboratory in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at University of Michigan. I got my PhD from the School of Electrical Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom and I have a double master degree in Computer Vision and Robotics from the University of Burgundy and Heriot-Watt University as part of the VIBOT (VIsion and RoBOTtics) European program.
RESEARCH
My research is focused on developing robotic systems that are able to operate in complex and unstructured environments. My areas of interest are control theory, motion and interaction planning, energy-efficient systems and robot perception.
Passionate about exploring the depths of the ocean my research is applied to underwater robotic systems such as autonomous underwater vehicles and underwater vehicle-manipulator systems.
But my interest into robotics is not limited to marine robotics. Other areas of applications I work in are mobile manipulation for personal environments and robotics for bio-medical applications.
Work done with HDT manipulator in OSL, Heriot-Watt University
TEACHING
During the winter term 2018, I developed and taught a graduate level course on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles at the University of Michigan. The course covered topics such as modeling, control, planning, localization, vehicle design and on-board sensors for autonomous underwater robots. During my PhD studies I was given the chance to be a tutor and laboratory instructor for subjects in the Electrical Engineering School of the Heriot-Watt University. Among them were subjects as Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Circuits and Analysis, and Digital Design. I am also an advisor for a few robotics projects where I was guiding and helping master and PhD students to complete their research.
Corina barbalata
Assistant Professor @
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Louisiana State University
Looking for students interested in Marine Robotics so email me at cbarbalata@lsu.edu
Position/force control for underwater manipulators
Decoupled vs coupled underwater vehicle-manipulator control
Obstacle avoidance for mobile manipulation