This Video introduces the RAD Lab and one of our soft robots.
​ "Our soft robot research is about making robots that are safe around people."
This evolutionary model predictive controller has much smother performance with less overshoot but does not lose any of the compliance that is easily seen in the robot on the right.
                     This was a test of the repeat-ability of a model predictive controller for one of                       our pneumatically actuated soft robots.
The interaction controller seen in this video allows our robot to assist a human in co-manipulation tasks in the plane and estimate the humans intention to translate or rotate. 
We analyze the way human-human teams co-manipulation long objects together to learn what our robots should do to be good companions.
The dynamic model and controller created for this soft robot allow us to set goal positions and orientations and then reach them with accuracy.