Abriana Stewart-Height

Welcome! I’m Abriana

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence (CSAIL) Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

My main research interests lie in embodied intelligence, shared autonomy, and control. My work investigate the fundamental challenges for making intelligent robots more resilient and efficient in extremely challenging environments such as autonomy, control, decision-making, and sensing. I explore the application of multi-agent teaming to vital field operations (e.g., space exploration, fire suppression, disaster response, wilderness medicine) to prevent severe work-related injuries. 

I am currently on the 2024-2025 Academic Job Market.

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Publications

Published in peer-reviewed journals

  1. A. Stewart-Height, R. Bolli, E. Kamienski, and H. Asada, “Design and Experimental Validation of Woodwork-Inspired Soft Pneumatic Grippers,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) [Accepted], 2025.
  2. A. Stewart-Height and D. E. Koditschek. (2024). Limb-Loss Recovery Gaits and Their Energetic Cost. In: Experimental Robotics. ISER 2023. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 20. Springer, Cham.
  3. A. Stewart-Height, D. E. Koditschek, and M. J. Johnson, “Reimagining robotic walkers for real-world outdoor play environments with insights from legged robots: a scoping review,” Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, pp. 1–21, Jun. 2021.
  4. A. De, A. Stewart-Height and D. E. Koditschek, “Task-Based Control and Design of a BLDC Actuator for Robotics,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 2393-2400, July 2019.

Preprints & Under Review

  1. A. Stewart-Height, S. Jahagirdar, and N. Matni, “Deep Learning for Limb Fault Detection,” International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) [Submitted], 2025.
  2. A. Stewart-Height, and D. E. Koditschek. “Technical report on: Tripedal dynamic gaits for a quadruped robot.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02280 (2023).

Invited Talks

Wesleyan University CS Seminar                         Middletown, CT (Mar. 2025)

Illinois Institute of Technology MMAE Seminar        Chicago, IL (Mar. 2025)

George Washington University MAE Seminar    Washington, DC (Feb. 2025)

Northeastern University SiliconSynapse Lab         Boston, MA (Jan. 2025)