Adamya Dhaker

I am broadly interested in merging knowledge from biology and soft robotics. Nature possesses elegant solutions to many practical problems we wish to address, and I see computational modeling as a tool to transfer knowledge between nature and soft robotics. More specifically, I am interested in investigating muscle-tendon function to fully understand how functional muscle groups contribute to our movement and embody physical intelligence in us, so that we can develop small, lightweight and mechanically intelligent soft robots that mimic nature. I am also interested in developing computational solvers for soft bodies. In the long run, I want to leverage the understanding of muscle biomechanics to develop the next generation of soft assistive devices that are cheap, user-friendly and easy-to-produce.