Embedded systems play a critical role in the design and implementation of practical real-world robotics and intelligent applications. The field of embedded systems focuses on how to develop fast, efficient, small, secure, reliable, and self-adaptive computing systems, covering both the hardware as well as the software aspects of the systems.

Current research projects led by the members of this group include:

• Secure computer architectures
• Reconfigurable computing 
• Application and domain-specific processors
• Laboratories-on-a-Chip based on microfluidic technologies
• Real-time operating systems
• Sensor networks and distributed systems

Affiliated faculty performing research in this area include: