Professional 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.