I work on robotics with research interests including dynamics finger gaits, dexterous cutting, impact and impulsive manipulation, grasping of rigid and deformable objects, path planning, pose and motion estimation, and tactile shape sensing. For research activities, you are welcome to visit the homepage of our lab:
Videos of some skillful robots in our lab.
(Robotic cutting was featured on Video Friday of IEEE Spectrum Robotics News, May 31, 2019).
Our research has been supported by the following NSF grants (sole PI):
- IIS-1651792 (2016-2019)
- IIS-1421034 (2014-2018)
- IIS-0915876 (2009-2013)
- IIS-0742334 (2007-2009)
- CAREER Award IIS-0133681 (2002-2008)