Our team
People
The ERA Lab brings together students and collaborators across robotics, computer vision, and AI.
Director
Xiaomin Lin
Director · Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering · Affiliated, Bellini College of AI (Computer Science) · Researcher, AI+X Institute — University of South Florida
Xiaomin Lin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. He leads the ERA Lab, working at the intersection of robotics, multimodal perception, and AI for challenging environments — including underwater, agricultural, and healthcare domains. He received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, advised by Prof. Yiannis Aloimonos.
PhD Students
Master's Students
Undergraduate Researchers
Affiliated PhD Students
Vakul Raghavan
Undergraduate, Rutgers University (2023–present)
Yangsheng Xu
PhD Student, University of Maryland, College Park (2025–present)
Alumni & Past Mentees
Collaborators
- Prof. Shahriar Negahdaripour
University of Miami - Prof. Ioannis Rekleitis
University of South Carolina - Prof. Leonardo Bobadilla
Florida International University - Dr. Nare Karapetyan
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Dr. Marios Xanthidis
SINTEF Ocean - Prof. Jane Shine
University of Florida - Prof. Kevin Boswell
Florida International University - Prof. Dongyi Wang
University of Arkansas - Prof. Miao Yu
University of Maryland