Our Mission: Unlock Physical Intelligence from Materials & Mechanical Perspectives
Research Question: What is the ultimate form of physical intelligence?
“Physical intelligence can be defined as physically encoding sensing, actuation, control, memory, logic, computation, adaptation, learning and decision-making into the body of an agent.” -- EML 46, 101340 (2021).
Our Approach @ X-Lab
Our Research Directions
Understanding human touch in large spatiotemporal scale
Engineering artificial touch with multimodal functions
Imparting natural touch in neuroprosthetics & humanoid robots
Exploring innovative sensing & actuating mechanisms at interfaces
Designing smart materials with scalable manufacturing solutions
Addressing critical challenges in healthcare, defense, and energy
Understanding how nature thrives through the just-enough principle
Engineering adaptive materials & systems with bioinspired designs
Unlocking environmental awareness in extreme/complex conditions