PAIR

People, AI & Robots

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PAIR Lab is directed by Animesh Garg in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech Before moving to GT, we were at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

Our research vision is to build the Algorithmic Foundations for Generalizable Autonomy, that enables robots to acquire skills, at both cognitive & dexterous levels, and to seamlessly interact & collaborate with humans in novel environments. We focus on understanding structured inductive biases and causality on a quest for general-purpose embodied intelligence that learns from imprecise information and achieves flexibility & efficiency of human reasoning.


Research: Our current research focuses on machine learning algorithms for perception and control in robotics. The principal focus of this research is to understand representations and algorithms to enable the efficiency and generality of learning for interaction in autonomous agents. We work on challenging open problems at the intersection of computer vision, machine learning, and robotics. We develop algorithms and systems that unify reinforcement learning, control theoretic modeling, causality, and 2D/3D visual scene understanding to teach robots to perceive and to interact with the physical world. Read more

If you are interested in joining us, please see details on the contact page.

Research Interests: Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Causality, Perception
Current Applications: Mobile-Manipulation in Retail/Warehouse, Personal/Sevice, and Surgical/Medical robotics.


news

May 02, 2025 Animesh presents at ICRA 2025 Keynote (see slides)
May 01, 2025 Our work Sufia-BC, RoCODA, CLIMB on will be at ICRA 2025.
Apr 05, 2025 Animesh serves as program chair for ICLR 2025
Apr 03, 2025 Our work PWM and EgoSim on will be at ICLR 2025.
Mar 18, 2025 Orbit-Surgical is now released and maintained as Isaac for Healthcare

press & media

Mar 04, 2025 Animesh interviewed by AIM Magazine on Anyplace Paper.
Nov 06, 2024 Quoted in Nvidia Blog on HF in Isaac Lab.
Oct 14, 2024 Our work on Sufia-BC in NV Blog
Aug 01, 2024 Quoted by Business Insider and Verge on Teleoperation in Humanoids.
Jun 14, 2024 Animesh quoted by Forbes on Humanoid Market Value.