Student won Best Presentation Award at 2022 the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Smart Materials Workshop

Wenzhong Yan, a Ph.D. candidate mentored by Prof. Ankur Mehta, has been awarded the Best Presentation Award at the Smart Materials Workshop of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the top international conference in robotics.

Wenzhong was recognized for his contribution to developing mechanical oscillators that are capable of driving robots with desired autonomous behaviors, e.g., locomotion and sequencing. The mechanical oscillators can be created through the origami-inspired cut-and-fold methods. 

More details can be found in the following paper. 
Yan, Wenzhong, and Ankur Mehta. “A cut-and-fold self-sustained compliant oscillator for autonomous actuation of origami-inspired robots.” Soft Robotics (2021).https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2021.0018.