About the Lab
Our group studies new approaches to design and fabricate actuation, locomotion, and sensing mechanisms for novel robots. Our work is multidisciplinary and focused in three main areas: bio-inspired design, modeling, and advanced fabrication processes. We combine theoretical modeling with laboratory experiments to obtain insights into different dynamic phenomena found in nature. These studies guide our designs of simple and elegant robot mechanisms and their interactions with different environments. To enhance mechanism dynamic capabilities, we develop and use novel fabrication techniques to tailor physical properties.
Research Highlights
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“Human-Centered, Bio-Inspired Design”, Engineers without Borders (EWB) Seminar, Newcastle University, UK.
“Direct Fabrication and Tailoring of Soft Robot Bodies”, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) Seminar, Georgia Tech.
SMI Grant, “Mobile Collaborative Robot Platforms with Vision Feedback and Adaptive and Learning Soft End-Effectors for Coning/de-Coning Wharf Operations”.
“Soft Robotics – Science & Applications”, PSA Innovation Week Workshop.
Cities of Love Award (COLA), Sustainability Special Mention for “Dynamic Soft Facade for Active Air Flow Control (SFAAC)”.
MOE Tier 2 Grant – “3D Printed dendrite-free lithium metal battery with automatic shutdown function”.
Cities of Love Award (COLA), A recognition for ground-up sustainability, for work on “Passive Soft-Robots for Long-Term Marine Pollution Studies”.
Sea Grant Collaborative Networks Panel II: Reaching beyond Massachusetts with regional, national, and global collaborations, May 1st, 2019, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Workshop on Aquatic Soft Robots. IEEE ROBOSOFT April 14 2019, COEX, Seoul, Korea.
Asia Pacific Society for Computing and Information Technology Award for Outstanding Research Achievements and Contributions for Design and Optimization of Soft Robots.
International Conference for Leading and Young Computer Scientists (IC-LYCS), March 2, 2019, Okinawa, Japan.
ASTAR, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Grant – “Soft and Hybrid Robotics Phase 1”.