About Us
Welcome to the CARE Lab at California State University, Northridge! We develop mechanisms, interfaces, and learning algorithms to facilitate seamless human and robot interactions. Our goal is to enable robots to understand humans, learn from them, and assist them in their daily lives. Our research is, by nature, interdisciplinary — combining principles from mechanical design, control theory, and machine learning.
Overview
Our Research
We explore several aspects of human-robot interaction. Broadly, our work can be catergorized into three research thrusts: mechanism design, robot learning, and human modeling.
Our Team
Our research efforts are led by self-motivated and hard-working students from the CSUN community. If you are interested in joining our research please contact the PI (email: heramb.nemlekar@csun.edu).
News
- Our lab has received the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RSCA) award for 2026-27.
- Mahyar and Cesar were awarded 2nd place in the CSUNposium 2026 10-minute presentations.
- MiniMed has funded our project on “General Robot Arm for Smart Packaging (GRASP)” in collaboration with AIM lab and CSUN ARCS.