Christian Hubicki

As of October 2026, Christian Hubicki is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at FAMU-FSU and directs the Optimal Robotics Laboratory, whose team creates algorithms for robots to navigate complex, real-world environments. His early work began in Bucknell's Robotics Laboratory in 2005, where he studied industrial robot-manipulator precision, and he graduated with honors in mechanical engineering in 2007. He earned a 2015 doctorate in robotics and mechanical engineering at Oregon State, applying optimal control to ground-running birds and compliant legged robots; he joined Georgia Tech's AMBER lab in 2015 and its CRAB lab in 2017. In 2021, he received a $750,000 Toyota Research Institute grant, and his later work included a 2023 IROS paper on failure-adaptive control and a 2025 IEEE CASE paper on parameter-regression MPC.

Now at: Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering
Works: 66
Citations: 1,492
h-index: 18
Badges: Wayfarer

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

2005

Industrial robot research

He begins work in the Bucknell Robotics Laboratory in 2005 and completes an honors thesis on improving industrial robot-manipulator precision with pulse-width control.
2007

A mechanical engineering degree

He graduates with honors from Bucknell in 2007 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering.
2015

A doctorate in locomotion

He earns a dual Ph.D. in robotics and mechanical engineering at Oregon State's Dynamic Robotics Laboratory in 2015; his doctoral work applies optimal control to ground-running birds and compliant legged robots.
2015

Postdoctoral work at Georgia Tech

He joins Georgia Tech's AMBER bipedal robotics laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow in 2015 and develops control methods for legged robots.
2017

Robotic locomotion on substrates

He joins Georgia Tech's CRAB lab in 2017 to explore the interaction of robotic locomotion and the physics of complex substrates.
2021

A Toyota research grant

He receives a $750,000 Young Faculty Researcher grant from the Toyota Research Institute in 2021.
2023–2025

Failure-adaptive control and MPC

He publishes “Real-Time Failure-adaptive Control for Dynamic Robots” at IROS in 2023. In 2025, he publishes “Parameter-Regression MPC (PaReMPC): Experiments and Extensions of a Broadly Adaptive Approach for SISO Robotic Applications” at IEEE CASE.
As of October 2026

Leading the Optimal Robotics Lab

As of October 2026, he is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at FAMU-FSU and directs the Optimal Robotics Laboratory, whose team creates algorithms for robots to navigate complex and real-world environments.

Career

Since 2019Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of EngineeringAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2019–2020Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2018–2025Florida State University
2015–2020Georgia Institute of TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow
2005–2007Bucknell University