Bioinspired and Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory (Bio2Robotics Lab)

In the Bioinspired and Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory (Bio2Robotics Lab), we aim to study and develop bio-inspired and soft robotic systems that learn from physical interaction with unknown, unstructured, and dynamic environments for mobility and manipulation. Our research focuses on the development of new approaches in Nonlinear Dynamics, Concurrent Learning and Control, Morphological Computation, and Design Principles of soft-bodied and hybrid soft-and-rigid-bodied robotic systems to achieve autonomy, embodied intelligence, robustness, and adaptability for operation in a variety of applications, including wearable robotics, human performance augmenting exoskeletons, agriculture, manipulators, and mobile robots. Towards this goal, we study locomotion and manipulation in biological systems, animals, and the human body from sensory and motor control perspectives to design and develop novel continuum, configurable, and compliant robotic structures that address limitations in conventional rigid robotic approaches. We use additive manufacturing, polymer, and textile-based fabrication techniques to develop these unconventional robots to test and validate our theoretical approaches.

News Highlights:

(04/30/2025) Our all three papers have been accepted for publication and presentation at the 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE) which will be held in Anaheim, CA, August 17-20. Congratulations to Dr. Alam, Ayla, and James (his first ever paper) who are the first author of each paper!
(04/01/2025) Our abstract on "Multi-Agent Task Allocation for Agricultural Robotics-Based Soil and Crops Monitoring" has been accepted to ASME 2025 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2025), this is a collaborative paper with Dr. Sevil's group at University of West Florida on our Agricultural Robotics project.
Aggie Battle-Bot Capstone team has got the second place in the 3lb class robots at the Miner Mayhem 2025, a statewide robotics competition held at the NM Tech, Socorro, March 29th, 2025. Congratulations to Aaron, Cody, Dylan and Jose!
(03/27/2025) Umme has successfully defended her PhD dissertation, Congratulations Dr. Alam!
(03/24/2025) Our abstract on "Learning Force and Motion Parameters of Human-Wearable-Robot Interaction Using a Multi-Tasking Soft Fluidic Actuator-Based Physical Reservoir Computing" has been accepted to ASME 2025 Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS2025), this is an invited paper for the special symposium on Physical Computing and Mechano-Intelligence.
(02/21/2025) Umme's journal paper "Modeling a Hybrid Soft-and-Rigid Robotic Exo-digit with Varying Length Soft Segments Coupled to a Human Finger", has been accepted in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research. Congratulations Umme, way to go!
(02/17/2025) Umme's paper "Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Variable Length Soft Fluidic Actuators for Wearable Rehabilitation Robots", has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 2025 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR 2025), which will be held May 14-16, 2025, at Georgia Tech. Congratulations Umme, way to go!
(11/4/2024) Our paper on " A Ground Robotic System for Crops and Soil Monitoring and Data Collection in New Mexico Chile Pepper Farms" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Discover Agriculture, special issue on Robotics Applications in Horticultural Production, this work is based on the master's thesis of Jordan Linford, my former graduate student, Congratulations Jordan and good luck with your future endeavors!
(10/28/2024) Ayla has successfully defended her Master's Thesis, congratulations and way to go!
(06/18/2024) Our paper "Model-based Control for a Coupled Soft Robotic Exo-digit and Anthropomorphic Finger with Multi-Contact Point Physical Interaction" was among the finalists for the Best Conference Paper Award at the International Symposium of Medical Robotics (ISMR), in Georgia Tech, June 3-5, 2024. We have also been invited to submit an extended version of the paper to a special issue of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research (JMRR), Congratulations Umme, great Job!
(06/06/2024) Umme and Ayla received the IEEE/ASME AIM travel award to participate and present their papers at the 2024 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2024), which will be held in Boston, MA, from July 14-19, 2024. Congratulations to both of you, way to go!
(06/01/2024) Ayla has been awarded the NASA Graduate Research Fellowship for second time through the NM Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) for 2024-2025, Congratulations Ayla!
(04/21/2024) Our two papers on "Dynamic Modeling and Design Optimization of an Artificial Muscle-Driven Limbless Robot for Agile Locomotion" and "Automated Harvesting of Green Chile Peppers with a Deep Learning-based Vision-enabled Robotic Arm," have been accepted for publication and presentation at the 2024 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 15-18, 2024, Boston, USA. The second paper is in collaboration with Dr. Laura Boucheron's research group in the Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at NMSU. Congratulations to my graduate students: Ayla (her first paper) and Umme (three for three so far)!
(04/17/2024) We received a NASA RIA research grant award for the project titled “Muscle-Driven Limbless Robot Locomotion for Planetary Extreme Access Environments Navigation”. This is a 2-year project to conduct research and develop pneumatic artificial muscle-driven snake-like robots for the lunar extreme access navigation.
(03/12/2024) Umme has received the RoboSoft 2024 travel awards to participate and present her paper at the 7th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), to be hold in San Diego, CA, from April 14-17, 2024, Congratulations Umme, way to go!
(03/01/2024) Our paper on "Model-based Control for a Coupled Soft Robotic Exo-digit and Anthropomorphic Finger with Multi-Contact Point Physical Interaction" has been accepted for publication and presentation at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR 2024), June 3-5, 2024, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA, Congratulations Umme!
(02/21/2024) Our paper on "Combined Soft Grasping and Crawling Locomotor Robot for Exterior Navigation of Tubular Structures" has been accepted for publication in Machines, Congratulations to my former undergraduate student Nicolas Mendoza for his work on this project, wish you good luck!
(01/22/2024) Our invited paper on "Morphological Computation by Exploiting Partial Feedback Linearizable Underactuated Soft-bodied Systems" has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 2024 American Control Conference (ACC) to be hold in Toronto, Canada, from July 8-12, 2024.
(01/18/2024) Our paper on "Learning Contact Forces in Human-Wearable-Robot Interaction using Morphological Computation" has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 7th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), to be hold in San Diego, CA, from April 14-17, 2024, Congratulations to PhD student Umme!

Current Positions and Opportunities:

Master's students with Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering background (Minimum GPA 3.5) who are interested in ME/AE thesis-based program, please contact Dr. Haghshenas-Jaryani (mahdihj@nmsu.edu) with your CV and transcripts.
Undergraduate students (Minimum GPA 3.5, available at least 15 hrs. per week) who are interested to gain experience in robotics research are encouraged to contact Dr. Haghshenas-Jaryani (mahdihj@nmsu.edu)

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