Resume
Resume
Jun. 2020 - present
University of California, San Diego
[ PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Advisor: Tania Morimoto]
Research area: Design and control of continuum robots for medical applications, teleoperation, robotics & control , haptic interface, multidisciplinary design optimization.
Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2020
University of California, San Diego
[ M.S. in Mechanical Engineering ]
Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2017
Tamkang University
[ B.S. in Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering ]
Jun. 2023 - Sep. 2023
[ Research intern ]
Co-optimized actuator design and feedback controller through the proposed optimization-based simulation framework.
Developed a system design framework for robotic arms, optimizing 100+ tasks for enhanced efficiency and precision.
Applied principles of trajectory optimization, reinforcement learning, and feedback control to robotic systems.
Submitted one research paper for publication and currently advancing one patent application.
Jun. 2019 - Dec. 2019
[ Mechanical Engineering \& QA/QC Intern ]
Designed prototypes for the R&D team, to prove of concept for the new features.
Participated in object detection research and contributed in the initial efforts for setting up a test apparatus
April. 2018 - June. 2018
[ Field Application Engineer ]
Deployed the face recognition machine at the customer site and worked with engineers on troubleshooting and debugging.
Diagnosed the performance of the products in the field and documented in the report for further analysis.
[ Morimoto Lab, University of California, San Diego]
An End-to-end Concentric Tube Robots System design for Microlaryngeal Surgery
Sep. 2021 - June. 2023
Conducted large-scale co-design optimization of robot design and motion plans for enhanced performance.
Developed a decision-making framework for manufacturing tolerance, guiding users in optimizing design choices.
Designed the mechatronics system and characterized system through thorough performance evaluations.
Developed a teleoperation algorithm for position and orientation control of the dual-arm robots.
Validated the proposed methods through extensive simulations and designed experiments on a physical prototype
An Open-source Framework for Concentric Tube Robot Co-design and Motion planning
Jun. 2020 - Jun. 2021
Proposed the first fully gradient-based approach for CTR design optimization and motion panning.
Demonstrated the proposed framework with two different medical applications, including heart biopsy and laryngeal surgery.
The framework is a modular and open-source tool that can enable others to design CTRs for particular application.
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Enabling Higher Performance Concentric Tube Robots Via Multiple-Constant-Curvature Tubes
Dec. 2022 - Sep. 2021
Performed analysis to demonstrate using the proposed robot can achieve higher performance (dexterity, orientability, workspace).
Demonstrated the first fully Nylon concentric tube robots with dimensions comparable to a standard Nitinol tube set (1-3mm)
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HaPPArray: Haptic Pneumatic Pouch Array for Feedback in Hand-Held Robots
Developed an algorithm to provide haptic guidance during the operation of handheld continuum robot.
Demonstrated all three users were able to navigate the tip of the handheld continuum robot successfully.