Projects

Some of my exciting projects. My research statement can be found here.

Contact-Aware Teleoperation for Robotic Manipulation

A teleoperation system using camera-based hand tracking and VR interfaces that retargets human hand motion to robot configurations via optimal control, enforcing physical grasp stability through a Grasp Wrench Space formulation within a TAMP framework.

Safety-Aware LLM Planning for Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing

An end-to-end pipeline integrating LLM action planning with a Neo4j knowledge graph of ISO safety standards and VLM scene understanding, enabling compliant cobot behavior in manufacturing settings.

Participation detection and Robot Mediation for Inclusive Child Group Interactions

Real-time sensing and robot strategies to support equitable participation among mixed-ability children in group interactions (WIP).

Real-Time Detection of Unexpected AI Behavior from Human Emotional Cues

A multimodal pipeline using OpenFace 2.0, OpenSMILE, and XGBoost (79.4% TPR, ~2.7s latency) to detect user emotional responses to unexpected in-vehicle system behaviors, with autonomous verbal mitigation.

Explainable AI Decision-Making in Human-AI Groups

A closed-loop machine teaching framework using particle filter-based belief models and information-theoretic demonstration selection to adaptively explain robot decision-making to individuals and diverse groups.

Pedestrian Behavior Modeling for Autonomous Vehicles

Explainable hybrid automaton models that predict long-horizon pedestrian crossing behavior, feeding probabilistic forecasts into AV motion planners for safe urban navigation.