Supernumerary Limbs and Continuum Manipulation

Additional robotic limbs that augment a person’s body for daily-living tasks. Building on the Soft Poly-Limbs paradigm established during my Ph.D., this line of work explores how soft actuators can provide a literal helping hand.

Soft Poly-Limbs preview

Soft Poly-Limbs

A new paradigm for mobile manipulation using soft, wearable poly-limbs for daily living tasks.

2018 · Soft Robotics

Fabric Soft Poly-Limbs preview

Fabric Soft Poly-Limbs

A textile-based evolution of the Soft Poly-Limb, lightweight enough for use in physical assistance during daily living tasks.

2019 · IEEE ICRA

Soft Graspers preview

Soft Graspers

Soft, distributed graspers for picking up and manipulating delicate objects in everyday and assistive scenarios.

2019 · IEEE RoboSoft

Sensorized Soft Continuum Module preview

Sensorized Soft Continuum Module

An untethered soft continuum robotic module with embedded fabric sensing.

2020 · IEEE RoboSoft