Tarik Tosun
PhD, MEAM '19 - Waymo
Tarik is currently a Ph.D Student in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, working in the ModLab under Professor Mark Yim. He graduated from Princeton University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, with certificates in Computer Science and Robotics.
Research Groups
Publications
Optimal structure synthesis for environment augmenting robots
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Accomplishing high-level tasks with modular robots
Publisher Autonomous Robots
An integrated system for perception-driven autonomy with modular robots
Publisher Science Robotics
Perception-Informed Autonomous Environment Augmentation with Modular Robots
Publisher IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
An end-to-end system for accomplishing tasks with modular robots: Perspectives for the AI community
Publisher International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)
PaintPots: Low cost, accurate, highly customizable potentiometers for position sensing
Publisher IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
An end-to-end system for accomplishing tasks with modular robots
Publisher Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
Design and characterization of the EP-Face connector
Publisher IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Self-reconfigurable modular connection systems
Publisher IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Automated Self-Assembly of Large Maritime Structures by a Team of Robotic Boats
Publisher IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)
Computer-aided compositional design and verification for modular robots
Publisher International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR)
On embeddability of modular robot designs
Publisher IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
News
Student News
Designing autonomous robots that change shape to adapt to challenging environments
October 31, 2018
GRASP News
Simple Robots Perform Complex Tasks With Environmental Modifications in IEEE Spectrum
May 31, 2018
Director, GRASP Lab; Faculty Director, Design Studio (Venture Labs); Asa Whitney Professor, MEAM