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JIRL – Janus Intelligent Robots Lab

JIRL – Janus Intelligent Robots Lab

Antonio Loquercio

Welcome to the website of the Janus Intelligent Robots Lab (JIRL) at the University of Pennsylvania!
Our group brings expertise from the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, control theory, and computer vision to the design of intelligent systems that can perceive, reason, and act in complex environments.

What’s the story behind the name Janus in a robotics lab? To know more, visit this page.

Faculty

Antonio Loquercio

Assistant Professor, ESE


Students

Chunwei Xing

PhD, ESE


Jefferson Ng

Robotics MSE


Omar Hossain

Robotics MSE


Rajdeep Singh

Robotics MSE


Spencer Li

Robotics MSE


Vineet Pasumarti

Robotics MSE '26; PhD, ESE


Wei Wang

PhD, CIS


Alumni

Avik De

PhD, ESE '17- Adjunct Associate Professor, ESE; Chief Science Officer, Ghost Robotics


Luyang Hu

Robotics MSE '26 - Founding Research Engineer, Origami Robotics


Wenjing Mao

Robotics MSE '26


JIRL – Janus Intelligent Robots Lab