Research

My research explores how robot bodies and intelligence can be designed together. My vision is a shared-autonomy framework where a single human supervisor can remotely oversee, switch between, and collaborate with multiple robots that can autonomously perform tasks beyond human reach. I co-design reconfigurable physical platforms with the models and learning frameworks needed to operate them, keeping a human in the loop as a structured part of the system.

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Reconfigurable Robots

Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

Workspace optimisation and motion planning for robots that change their own geometry.

T-RO 2023 · RA-L 2019 · MMT 2022 · CableCon 2025 View details

Teleoperation & HRI

Teleoperation & Human-Robot Interaction

Intuitive human control of complex robotic systems across surgical and large-scale domains.

npj Robotics 2025 · T-Mech 2025 View details

Robot Learning

Learning on Physically Adaptive Systems

For tasks whose behaviour is implicit or too high-dimensional to hand-code, learning-based methods can be one of the solutions.

ICRA 2025 · IROS 2025 · something under review View details

Soft Robotics

Soft & Compliant Robotic Systems

Harnessing programmable compliance and material geometry to build robots that adapt their physical behaviour.

Science Advances 2025 · ICRA 2025 View details

Multi-Robot Systems

Multi-Robot Collaboration

Coordinating multiple arms over shared workspaces with human-in-the-loop supervision.

Coming soon View details

Preview coming soon

Hyper-Redundant Robots

Hyper-Redundant Robotic Arm Coming Soon

Research under review.

Under review

Media Coverage

CNN International · Tech for Good · Dec 2025

CAFEs Agricultural Robot System

Featured in CNN International's Tech for Good segment, showcasing the CAFEs multi-arm system deployed in a real greenhouse for autonomous harvesting and human-in-the-loop learning. Watch it on CNN.

IEEE Spectrum · Video Friday

Top robot videos — week of 4 October 2024

Featured in IEEE Spectrum's Video Friday roundup. Read it on IEEE Spectrum.

Swiss Robotics Day

Best Exhibitor Award

Recognized with the Best Exhibitor award at Swiss Robotics Day for showcasing the CAFEs robotic system and its field-ready teleoperation capabilities.

WBCD

First Place

Awarded first place at WBCD, highlighting the strength of the team's robotic design, control, and deployment work.

Open Source Robotic Hardware and Software

A few open-source hardware and software releases are in preparation, spanning robotic arms, teleoperation devices, simulation tools, and field robotics platforms.

Surgical Robotics

Open-Source Surgical & Endoscopic Robotics

A future open-source platform for surgical and endoscopic robotics, in the spirit of the da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK).

Cornerstone Robotics · Sentire Platform

Open Source Robotics

Low-Cost 6-7 DoF CAFE Robotic Arm Coming Soon

An open-source, low-cost robotic arm from the CAFE system, with both CAD files and control code for research and education.

CAD + code release in preparation

Teleoperation Devices

Low-Cost Parallel-Linkage Teleoperation Device Coming Soon

An open-source, low-cost master device inspired by the parallel-linkage teleoperation interface presented in the T-Mech paper.

Hardware + firmware release in preparation

Simulation & Control

CASPR_Fast Based on CASPR Coming Soon

A cable robot modelling and control simulator extended from CASPR for our CARSPR workflows, experiments, and future open-source releases.

Built on CASPR by Darwin Lau

Field Robotics

Traxxas-Based Vineyard Grass Trimmer Robot Coming Soon

A hobby-to-industry field robotics project for autonomous grass trimming in vineyards, built on a Traxxas platform.

Prototype and deployment notes coming soon