Sensor Systems Laboratory
Inventing new technology for sensing, robotics, wireless power, and medical devices
Director, Amazon Science HubMilton and Delia Zeutschel Professor
Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Washington
About Our Research
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In the Sensor Systems Laboratory we invent new sensor systems, devise new ways to power and communicate with them, and develop algorithms for using them. Our research has applications in the domains of bioelectronics, robotics, and ubiquitous computing. Current research projects include: near field (non-radiative) wireless power transfer, far field (radiative) wirelessly powered sensing platforms, and novel sensors for robotic manipulation. One theme that runs through our work is machine sensing techniques that are not modeled on human perception. Another theme is the use of RF signals for sensing and power transfer, rather than communication. An additional recent theme is generalizations of backscatter for novel low power communication.
Joshua R. Smith, PhD
Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor
Allen School of CSE &
Dept. of ECE
University of Washington
jrs@cs.washington.edu
Voice: 206 685 2094
Fax: 206 543 2969
Office: CSE 582
Lab: ECE 371
Funding
We are grateful to the organizations that support our research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NRI: FND: Multi-Manipulator Extensible Robotic Platforms, IIS-2024435
EFRI C3 SoRo: Muscle-like Cellular Architectures and Compliant, Distributed Sensing and Control for Soft Robots, EFMA-1832795
CRI:CI:SUSTAIN: Next-Generation, Sustainable Infrastructure for the RF-Powered Computing Community, CNS-1823148
NeTS: Medium: Networking Out of Thin Air, CNS-1407583
CI-ADDO-EN: Infrastructure for the RF-Powered Computing Community, CNS-1305072
Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, EEC-1028725
NRI: Electrosense Imaging for Underwater Telepresence and Maniupultion, IIS-1427419
Mailing address:
Allen School of CSE
185 E Stevens Way NE
Box 352350
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2350
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative, Tipping Point program
Wireless Ultra-Fast Proximity Charging for Critical Space Applications, Contract 80LARC21C0013
Early Stage Innovations program
Deep Contact Graph Routing for Lunar Operations, Grant 80NSSC22K0258
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Touchscreen-compatible, real-time electrochemical sensing of SARS-CoV-2, 1U01AA029316-01
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes
Bioengineering Research Grant award 1R2-1HL118611-01
Bosch Corporation
- Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Pervasive Computing
Google Faculty Research Awards
Gift & Student Fellowship from Microsoft Research
Innovation Gap Fund
Acoustic levitation
Surgical Visualization and Navigation (Commercialized by Proprio)
Wireless Charging for Robots (Commercialized by Wibotic)
Wireless Charging for Left Ventricular Assist Devices (Commercialized by Corisma)
Backscatter communication (Commercialized by Jeeva Wireless)