Welcome to MERL

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's North American research organization.

MERL does application-motivated basic and applied research and advanced development in physical simulation & modeling, optimization, control, signal processing and Artificial Intelligence. We are an open lab, publishing our results, collaborating with the world-wide research community, and measuring our performance by the impact we have on Mitsubishi Electric and the world.

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Featured Research

Control: If it moves, we control it.

Our expertise in this area covers multivariable, nonlinear, optimal and model-predictive control theory, nonlinear estimation, nonlinear dynamical systems, and mechanical design. We conduct both fundamental and applied research targeting a wide range of applications including autonomous driving, factory automation and HVAC systems. [learn more]

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MERL Seminar Series

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News & Events

  • NEWS  MERL Congratulates Recipients of 2027 IEEE Technical Field Awards in Signal ProcessingReleased: Oct 22, 2026

    IEEE has announced the recipients of two prestigious 2027 IEEE Technical Field Awards sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL).

    The 2027 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award will be presented . . . [read more]

  • AWARD  MERL Team Wins IROS 2026 Humanoid IKEA Assembly ChallengeReleased: Oct 9, 2026

    MERL's team MEL-Craft won first place in the Humanoid IKEA Assembly Challenge at IROS 2026, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The inaugural competition attracted approximately 34 registered teams worldwide.

    The challenge asked teams . . . [read more]

  • NEWS  MERL contributes to IROS 2026Released: Oct 5, 2026

    MERL made broad contributions to the technical program and robotics community at the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026), held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. MERL researchers presented one . . . [read more]

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    Internship Openings

    Year-round openings for graduate students interned in a research internship.

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    Employment Openings

    We are always on the lookout for exceptional scientists and engineers to join MERL.

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    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Unique opportunity for early career scientists to pursue their own research agenda.

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    Visiting Faculty

    University faculty members are invited to spend part or all of their sabbaticals at MERL.

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