The Intelligent Machines and Materials Lab (IMML) performs fundamental and applied research at the intersection of mechanics, materials, and controls. A few of our recent research threads are listed below. Additional detail is provided on the Research page. Lab resources can be found on our wiki.

  • Tactile and in-hand sensing for closed loop control during fruit picking
  • Additive manufacturing of soft structures with variable mechanical properties
  • Design and fabrication of smart fluid actuators and valves

News

  • Our paper titled "Underwater Salp-Inspired Soft Body Contraction with Twisted Coiled Actuators" was accepted to RoboSoft 2024
  • Our papers titled "WAVE: An open-source underWater Arm-Vehicle Emulator" and "Dynamic evaluation of a suction based gripper for fruit picking using a physical twin" were accepted to ICRA 2024
  • Congrats to Satyam and Jostan for passing their MS final exams
  • Congrats to Dr. You for defending his PhD