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Nancy Amato

Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Nancy Amato is currently serving as a Siebel School Of Computing And Data Science Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director

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computer science robotics autonomous robots path planning trajectory planning robotics automation systems engineering parallel computing computational geometry applied mathematics parallel programming computer engineering robot learning intelligent robot ai planning field robotics intelligent robotics motion planning geometric modeling high performance computer architecture intelligent robotic systems multiagent systems geometric algorithms distributed robotics protein folding combinatorial optimization computational optimization scalability protein science multirobot system intelligent systems distributed systems scientific computing parallel processing discrete algorithms computational biophysics protein modeling geometry processing massively-parallel computing robot kinematics autonomous navigation numerical algorithms graph processing graph algorithms swarm intelligence protein structure prediction multi-robot teams object manipulation parallel software route planning parallel complexity theory planning theory convex hulls parallel performance evaluation multi-agent planning swarm robotics heuristic planning swarm dynamic trajectory optimization approximate convex decomposition motion planning approach hexagonal metamorphic robots belief space motion planning problems convex optimization parallelizing compiler medial axis narrow passages free space large graphs paper craft prm roadmaps motion planner simultaneous localization reachable volumes human body simulation computer-aided design design simulation infrastructure computational thinking memetic computing modeling and simulation performance modeling

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Extended Reality System for Robotic Learning From Human Demonstration. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (2025)

Isaac NguiCourtney McBethGrace HeAndré Corrêa SantosLuciano SoaresMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

intelligent roboticshuman robot interactionrobotics perceptionintelligent robotrobot learningkinesiologyrobotics automationrobotic learningcognitive roboticsextended realityroboticsintelligent robotic systems

Has-Rrt: Rrt-Based Motion Planning Using Topological Guidance. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2025)

Diane UwacuAnanya YammanuruKeerthana NallamotuVasu ChalasaniMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

systems engineeringautonomous robotstrajectory planningrobot learningrobotics automationtrajectory optimizationpath planningrobotics

K-Arc: Adaptive Robot Coordination for Multi-Robot Kinodynamic Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2025)

Qin, MikeSolis, IrvingMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

intelligent roboticscomputer sciencesystems engineeringdistributed roboticsautonomous robotsmultirobot systemplanar mobile robotsadaptive robot coordinationmultiagent systemsmulti-robot kinodynamic planningpath planningroboticsintelligent robotic systems

Adaptive Robot Coordination: A Subproblem-Based Approach for Hybrid Multi-Robot Motion Planning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024)

Irving SolisJames MotesMike QinMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

intelligent roboticscomputer sciencesystems engineeringdistributed roboticsautonomous robotsmultirobot systemintelligent robotsubproblem-based approachadaptive robot coordinationmultiagent systemslocal subproblemsrobotics

A Framework for Guided Motion Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Attali, AmnonAshur, StavLove, Isaac BurtonMcBeth, CourtneyMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

artificial intelligencecomputer scienceintelligent roboticssearch spaceintelligent systemsautonomous robotsheuristic planningguiding spaceautomationtrajectory planningintelligent robotguided motion planningrobot learningrobotics automationreinforcement learningai planningpath planningrobotics

Encoding Reusable Multi-Robot Planning Strategies as Abstract Hypergraphs. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Elimelech, KhenMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.Vardi, Moshe Y.Kavraki, Lydia E.

artificial intelligencecomputer scienceintelligent roboticsautomatic extractionautonomous robotsautomationmulti-agent planningmulti-robot task planningrobot learningrobotics automationsingle-robot planningdata sciencemultiagent systemstask planningai planningmulti-robot teamsrobotics

Experience-Based Multi-Agent Path Finding With Narrow Corridors. (2024)

Rachel MoanCourtney McBethMarco MoralesNancy AmatoKris Hauser

computer sciencesystems engineeringintelligent systemsautonomous robotsmulti-agent planningroute planningexperience-based multi-agent pathmultiagent systemspath planningrobotics

Experience-Based Subproblem Planning for Multi-Robot Motion Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Solis, IrvingMotes, JamesQin, MikeMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

intelligent roboticscomputer sciencesystems engineeringplanning efficiencydistributed roboticsautonomous robotsautomationmultirobot systemexperience-based subproblem planningrobotics automationkinematicspath planningroboticsmulti-robot motion planning

SPITE: Simple Polyhedral Intersection Techniques for Modified Environments. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Ashur, StavLusardi, MariaMarkowicz, MartaMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoHar-Peled, SarielAmato, Nancy M.

computer sciencesystems engineeringmodified environmentsautonomous robotscomputational geometrytrajectory planningmotion planning problempath planningcomputer engineeringrobotics automationnavigationmotion planningai planninggeometric modelingfield roboticsroboticsgeometric algorithms

Work in Progress: A New Graduate Certificate to Broaden Participation in Computing. (2024)

Tiffani WilliamsYael GertnerNancy AmatoAdrienne GulleyJancie HarrisMahesh Viswanathan

computer scienceillinois computing acceleratoreducationstem educationcomputer-based educationcomputing educationican programcomputational literacycomputational thinkinghigher educationsoftware engineering educationeducational technology

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Nancy Amato

Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

The Grainger College of Engineering

Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Nancy Amato is currently serving as a Siebel School Of Computing And Data Science Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Honors

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Nancy Amato

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and School Director

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Extended Reality System for Robotic Learning From Human Demonstration. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (2025)

Isaac NguiCourtney McBethGrace HeAndré Corrêa SantosLuciano SoaresMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

Has-Rrt: Rrt-Based Motion Planning Using Topological Guidance. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2025)

Diane UwacuAnanya YammanuruKeerthana NallamotuVasu ChalasaniMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

systems engineeringautonomous robotstrajectory planningrobot learningrobotics automationtrajectory optimizationpath planningrobotics

K-Arc: Adaptive Robot Coordination for Multi-Robot Kinodynamic Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2025)

Qin, MikeSolis, IrvingMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

Adaptive Robot Coordination: A Subproblem-Based Approach for Hybrid Multi-Robot Motion Planning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024)

Irving SolisJames MotesMike QinMarco MoralesNancy M. Amato

A Framework for Guided Motion Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Attali, AmnonAshur, StavLove, Isaac BurtonMcBeth, CourtneyMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

Encoding Reusable Multi-Robot Planning Strategies as Abstract Hypergraphs. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Elimelech, KhenMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.Vardi, Moshe Y.Kavraki, Lydia E.

Experience-Based Multi-Agent Path Finding With Narrow Corridors. (2024)

Rachel MoanCourtney McBethMarco MoralesNancy AmatoKris Hauser

computer sciencesystems engineeringintelligent systemsautonomous robotsmulti-agent planningroute planningexperience-based multi-agent pathmultiagent systemspath planningrobotics

Experience-Based Subproblem Planning for Multi-Robot Motion Planning. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Solis, IrvingMotes, JamesQin, MikeMorales, MarcoAmato, Nancy M.

SPITE: Simple Polyhedral Intersection Techniques for Modified Environments. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Ashur, StavLusardi, MariaMarkowicz, MartaMotes, JamesMorales, MarcoHar-Peled, SarielAmato, Nancy M.

Work in Progress: A New Graduate Certificate to Broaden Participation in Computing. (2024)

Tiffani WilliamsYael GertnerNancy AmatoAdrienne GulleyJancie HarrisMahesh Viswanathan

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