Biography
Zack Butler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer
Science at RIT. He received his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie
Mellon in 2000. His research interests are in the general area of
cooperative autonomous systems, with current focus on
self-reconfiguring robots and modeling and control of systems of
natural agents. His publications have appeared in such journals as
the International Journal of Robotics Research and IEEE/ASME
Transactions on Mechatronics as well as several international
conferences. He is also working with other faculty in the department
to introduce robotics as an application domain in multiple courses
throughout the curriculum. He has taught a variety courses from the
introductory level to the graduate level, including a course in Mobile
Robot Programming that he developed.
Dr. Zack Butler
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Cooperative Autonomous Systems
Self-Reconfiguring Robots
