Research Group


Research Groups

ModLab

ModLab

Mark Yim

The Modular Robotics Lab (ModLab) is a subgroup of the GRASP Lab and the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Professor Mark Yim. A modular robot is a versatile system consisting of many simple modules that can change their configuration to suit a given task. These systems are inherently robust due to their redundancy, adaptability, and ability to self-repair. While originally focused on continuing research in the field of modular robotics, recent work at the lab has expanded to include micro/nano air vehicles, bio-inspired gaits, personal robots, and more. The ModLab is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from multiple disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and computer systems engineering.

Faculty

Mark Yim

Director, GRASP Lab; Faculty Director, Design Studio (Venture Labs); Asa Whitney Professor, MEAM


Staff

Jeremy Wang

Robotics MSE '16 - Associate Director, PERCH Design and Fabrication Facility


Students

Jessica Yin

Robotics Master's '24; PhD, MEAM


Omar Abdoun

PhD, BE


Xuanyou Liu

Robotics MSE


Alumni

Abhraneel Bera

Robotics MSE '19 - Sun Microsystems (Oracle)


Alexander Spinos

PhD, MEAM '23, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


Andrew Bae

PostDoc, MEAM '20-'24 - Assistant Professor, University of Nevada-Las Vegas


Andrew Specian

PhD, MEAM '22 - Mechanical Development Engineer, Strato Inc


Bhavya Narain Gupta

Robotics MSE '16 - Senior Engineer, Motional


Bruno Teles Gabrich

PhD, MEAM '21 - LFI


Caio Rodrigues Mucchiani

PhD, MEAM '21 - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Riverside


Chao Liu

Robotics MSE '14; PhD, MEAM '21 - Postdoc at MIT CSAIL


Chia-Wei Lin

Robotics MSE '17 - Senior ML/ Robotics Engineer, Cruise


Dean Wilhelmi

Robotics MSE '15 - Senior Robotics Engineer, Chef Robotics


Devin Carroll

PhD, MEAM '23, Lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, MEAM


Diego Caporale

Robotics MSE '19, PhD, MEAM '24


Foster D. Collins

Robotics MSE '16 - Mechanical Engineer, Sarcos Corporation


Gabrielle Merritt

Robotics MSE '16 - Software Engineer, Strateos


Gedaliah Knizhnik

PhD, MEAM '22, Staff Robotic Software Engineer at RRAI


Guanrui (Ray) Li

Robotics MSE '18 - New York University


Jay Davey

Robotics MSE '15 - Staff Mechatronic Engineer, Zymergen


Jimmy Paulos

Robotics MSE '15; PhD, MEAM '17; PostDoc '21 - Head of Robotics at Treeswift


Jun Seo

PhD, MEAM '14 - Assistant Professor HKUST


Matthew Piccoli

PhD, MEAM '16 - IQ Motion Control


Nick Eckenstein

PhD, MEAM '19


Rebecca Li

Robotics MSE '20; PhD, MEAM


Sahachar Reddy Tippana

Robotics MSE '23


Shangyi Cheng

Robotics MSE '15 - Research Engineer, Facebook


Tarik Tosun

PhD, MEAM '19 - Waymo


Walker Gosrich

PhD, MEAM '24


Wenxuan Tang

Robotics MSE '16


Xin Zhang

Robotics MSE '17; Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania


Xuming Mo

Robotics MSE '16 - GRASP Lab


Yunkai Cui

Robotics MSE '14


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