Building adaptive hardware that helps robots work reliably in the complex real world.

I aim to build hardware that lets robots do more than their current physical limits allow. I have improved soft pneumatic network actuators, built metamaterial-based soft grippers and robot arms, integrated flexible electronics and developed platforms for underwater grasping and robot harvesting. I’m interested in hardware that can adapt, survive real-world chaos, and give the software and controls more margin to work with.

My work has been applied to medical devices, underwater and agricultural robots, and high-payload soft robotic systems.