2023
Champéry, Switzerland
I am a Marie Curie research fellow and part of the LIS/BIOROB labs at EPFL
I will be starting as Assistant Professor at the
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) in January 2025.
In the new lab, we will study bio-inspired methods and unconventional designs to
solve seamless aerial and aquatic locomotion for applications in ocean sciences.
Avid windsurfer and photography enthousiast.
Postdoctoral research at the University of Seville. Development of flapping-wing autonomous robots capable of performing manipulation, perching and carry meaningful payload. Bird bioinspiration is a key driver in improving the performance and abilities of such challenging systems.
Practical and theoretical investigations into miniature aerial-aquatic robots capable of movement in both air and water. Extensive experimental work which resulted in several prototypes with unique locomotion strategies. Successfully defended 27 sept 2019.
Development of a micro legged robot of 2.5 grams, the Harvard Ambulatory Micro Robot (HAMR), involving key advances in piezoelectric actuators, micro PCB fabrication, wireless implementation. Supervision by Prof. R.J. Wood
Micro-engineering bachelor and master, emphasis on electrical, mechanical, micro-systems, material science and embedded product/robots design.
Highlights of my research by project. List of publication on ORCID and Google Scholar.
capable of both flight and underwater locomotion, with a particular focus on transitions & bio-inspiration.
Large-scale flapping-wing robots with physical contact capabilities. Perching on a branch has been achieved!
Sailing-Flying locomotion method for long-duration aerial-aquatic missions thanks to wind energy harvesting.
A novel water-reactive fuel thruster for impulsive take-off, allowing multiple jump-gliding from the water surface.
This field was pioneered by Dr. Siddall and since then several protoype have demonstrated effective water take-off.
A Multi-Environment Dual-Robot for Underwater Sample Acquisition. The underwater pod can move, film and sample.
Aquatic escape of a 160 milligram robotic bee using flapping flight, hydrogen combustion and electrolysis.
Quadrupedal legged Harvard Ambulatory Micro Robot (HAMR) with custom electronics and wireless control.
Autonomous robot capable of navigation in unknown environment to pick up bottles.