Research overview
My primary research interest is to understand and control the complex physical interactions for robotic systems, specifically in the setting of manipulation.
The fascination towards manipulation stems for our human ability to perform interaction-rich tasks effortlessly, through the combination of the physical body, signal processing, and high level cognition/leaning.
In particular, I approach this topic from the perspective of 'embodiment'. How the physicality of the body and environment influences an agent's manipulation capabilities and how the embodiment can be leveraged to improve robotics.
See publications in my Google Scholar
Some (more) specific research topics include:
Compliance in robot hands / manipulation
Intelligence in sensory-motor coordination
Learning from demonstration
Soft sensor design and fabrication
Brain-body co-design/optimization of robotic system
"Physical twins" to train robots
Novel robotic fabrication techniques and designs
To enable the exploration of these topics, my skillset revolves around:
Mechanical design (Fusion 360) and rapid prototyping of robots
Microcontrollers and programming in Python
Robotic integration and ROS2
Electronics design (PCB design) and prototyping
'Traditional' ML and CV