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Career

· Research Scientist Intern (Machine Learning For Sensor Systems), Meta2024–
· NSF Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation (NSF)2021–
· Graduate Researcher, Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Lab / Soft Machines Lab (Current)2021–
· Associate Engineer, SpaceX2021–2021
· Undergraduate Researcher, Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities (BEST) Lab at UC Berkeley2019–2021
· Advisor, RoboBears2019–2021
· President, RoboBears2018–2019
· Engineer, RoboBears2017–2018

Publications (17)

OmniTact: A Multi-Directional High-Resolution Touch Sensor
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2020
142
cited
VoicePilot: Harnessing LLMs as Speech Interfaces for Physically Assistive Robots
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2024
39
cited
Independence in the Home: A Wearable Interface for a Person with Quadriplegia to Teleoperate a Mobile Manipulator
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction · 2023
20
cited
SLURP! Spectroscopy of Liquids Using Robot Pre-Touch Sensing
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2022
13
cited
HAT: Head-Worn Assistive Teleoperation of Mobile Manipulators
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2022
8
cited
A multimodal sensing ring for quantification of scratch intensity
Communications Medicine · 2023
7
cited
Towards an LLM-Based Speech Interface for Robot-Assisted Feeding
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2024
5
cited
EgoCHARM: Resource-Efficient Hierarchical Activity Recognition using an Egocentric IMU Sensor
arXiv.org · 2025
4
cited
Force-Sensing Tensegrity for Investigating Physical Human-Robot Interaction in Compliant Robotic Systems
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2021
3
cited
RoboCAP: Robotic Classification and Precision Pouring of Diverse Liquids and Granular Media with Capacitive Sensing
IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems · 2024
2
cited
SkinGrip: An Adaptive Soft Robotic Manipulator with Capacitive Sensing for Whole-Limb Bed Bathing Assistance
IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems · 2024
2
cited
Towards Wearable Interfaces for Robotic Caregiving
arXiv.org · 2025
1
cited
Enhancing Independence with Physical Caregiving Robots: https://caregivingrobots.github.io
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction · 2025
In-Vivo Skin 3-D Surface Reconstruction and Wrinkle Depth Estimation using Handheld High Resolution Tactile Sensing
Advanced Healthcare Materials · 2025
WAFFLE: A Wearable Approach to Bite Timing Estimation in Robot-Assisted Feeding
arXiv.org · 2025
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