Robotics · The University of Texas at Austin
Robotics PhD Student
I am a Ph.D. student at UT Austin, advised by Dr. Luis Sentis in the Human Centered Robotics Lab. My research focuses on Contact Morphology Design for dexterous manipulation. I design geometry, compliance, transmission, and sensing at the contact interface to make physical interaction predictable, observable, and exploitable by the controller.
Research
2026
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Media coverage: Science News ↗
Led the project from core concept to manuscript, with contributions in hardware implementation, experimental design, result interpretation, and writing.
2026
Led the project from contact-morphology design and simulation through experimental evaluation and manuscript preparation.
2026
2026 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Media coverage: IEEE Spectrum ↗
Embedded system, low-level control, and system integration.
Updates
Our paper ARISTO Hand: Sensing-Driven Distal Hyperextension for Fine-Grained Manipulation has been accepted to IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2026!
Our paper PLATO Hand: Shaping Contact Behavior with Fingernails for Precise Manipulation has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)!
Our paper Soft Vortex Gripper for Dexterous Manipulation using Hand-Like Robots has been accepted to the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)!