at
MIT Lincoln Laboratory in July 2013 He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Computer Science Institute of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
Princeton University's Computer Science Department. Teller was awarded a
Sloan Research Fellowship by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1997. Teller was heading the Robotics, Vision, and Sensor Networks group at the
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, conducting robotics and artificial intelligence research on developing robots with situational awareness. His work involved, in particular, creating various
assistive technology robots and devices for people with disabilities. Teller's robotics projects included "a robotic, voice-controlled wheelchair, a wearable device for visually-impaired people that provides them with information about their surroundings, a self-driving car and an unmanned forklift". He also worked on developing technology for reducing the danger of
first responders being hit by the passing vehicles while stopped to deal with highway accidents. Teller was part of the MIT group developing software for a
DoD robot, "Atlas", in the
DARPA Robotics Challenge competition. Earlier, Teller's robotic car competed in the 2007
DARPA Urban Challenge competition. In 2015, the Robotics Science and Systems Foundation established a Best Systems Paper Award in honor of Teller. ==Personal life and death==