Developing animal-level motor intelligence requires a complete change of perspective that entails a unique blend of advancements in mechanical design, control theory, modeling, and machine learning. On a more technical level, I am approaching these challenges with a mix of new design paradigma, novel manufacturing methodologies and nonlinear modelling and control theory.

I spend most of my time on:

•  Model based control of soft robots

•  Discovering and embodying physical intelligence

•  Combining models and data for motor intelligence in mechanical systems

•  Computational, data-driven, design of soft robots