Principal Investigator

Kaushik Jayaram

Kaushik Jayaram

As the principal investigator of this group, our lab's research combines biology and robotics to, uncover the principles of robustness that make animals successful at locomotion in natural environments, and, in turn, inspire the design of next generation of novel robots for effective real-world operation. We are currently working with a number of arthropod model organisms including cockroaches, spiders, centipedes, etc. and developing a variety of multifunctional autonomous soft robots...

Graduate Students

Katrina

Katrina Arbogast

MS student
Data Science
Lucas

Lucas Duncan

PhD student
Mechanical Engineering
Kimberly

Kimberly Fung

MS student
Mechanical Engineering
Hari Krishna Hari Prasad

Hari Krishna Hari Prasad

PhD Student
Mechanical Engineering
I'm a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering studying robust sensing and control strategies in animals. I'm more broadly interested in control theory, dynamical systems, mathematical modeling, biology-inspired robotics, and biomimetics. Currently, I'm working on uncovering computationally efficient control and motion planning strategies for miniature, size, weight, and power-constrained (SWaP) robotic systems.
Alex

Alex Hedrick

PhD Student
Mechanical Engineering
I am a Ph.D student in mechanical engineering. I received my B.S in mechanical engineering at UCLA in 2022. My research interests include compliant mechanism design, manufacturing, and control of legged robots. My current research focus includes exploring new materials and designs for increasing mechanical robustness. Outside of the lab, I enjoy skiing, running, backpacking, and playing chess.
Heiko

Heiko Kabutz

PhD Student
Mechanical Engineering
I completed my BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pretoria , South Africa, in 2019. My research focus is on the mechanical development, design and manufacturing of our robotic CLARI & mCLARI robot platform. I have an interest in legged movement mechanisms for small scale robotics, specifically in connection to animal biology. Recent work has focused on spider locomotion. Additionally I have a passion for anything that requires...
Parker

William McDonnell

PhD Student
Mechanical Engineering
I'm currently a PhD student in mechanical engineering studying biomimetic robotic systems. I previously studied electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire where I obtained my B.S and M.S.. I spent a number of years working in the defense industry before returning to academia. My research currently is focused on the development of power conversion and actuator drive electronics necessary for micro-robotic locomotion.

Undergraduate Students

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Riley McGill

Mechanical Engineering

Alumni

Aryan

Aryan Choudhary

Masters Student
Mechanical Engineering
Sagar Eligar

Sagar Eligar

Masters Student
Mechanical Engineering
I completed my masters at CU Boulder in the mechanical department with a specialization in Robotics and Control in 2021. My research interest include mechanical design, rapid prototyping, control theory and reinforcement learning. I worked on a meso-scale hopping robot using voice coil actuation. I grew up in India and completed my undergraduate degree at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India.
Sydney Evans

Sydney Evans

Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics
I was an undergraduate at CU studying Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. My current research project focused on electroadhesion and creating a small robot that utilizes this novel, scalable and controllable adhesive technology to address the challenges of miniaturization, autonomy and low-cost manufacturability in robotics.
RyanMcCallan

Ryan McCallan

Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
Kendall

Kendall Webster

Masters Student
Mechanical Engineering
MilesWohl

Miles Wohl

Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering