About the Laboratory

Where the magic happens.

About My Professor

Dr. Patricio Vela

An associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. A Mexico City native, he graduated from the California Institute of Technology after completing his Bachelor's of Science degree in 1998 and getting his doctorate in 2003. His field of research for his doctorate was geometric nonlinear control androbotics.

Upon completing his doctorate, he pursued post-doctoral research in the computer vison field and became a member of the Georgia Tech ECE Faculty in 2005.

  • Computer Vision
  • Geometric Control
  • Robotics
  • Find out more about him, his publications, patents, awards, and current fields of interests here.

    The laboratory itself sits in the basement of the Technology Square Research Building, however, we also use the space upstairs on the 4th floor in the Robotics and Intelligent Machines area. We are grouped in the Intelligent Vision and Automation Laboratory.

    Robotics and Intelligent Machines sign Intelligent Vision and Automation Lab sign

    Find out more about the Intelligent Vision and Automation Laboratory here.