The mission of Sun robotics lab at ASU is to advance science and technology in robotics for addressing grand societal challenges in manufacturing, daily life, and health care. We are a highly interdisciplinary research group with expertise in design, modeling, and control. A major focus of our current research is the study of robotic actuation such as developing and controlling artificial muscle and artificial-muscle-driven robots — a new generation of robots that are power-efficient, multifunctional, compliant, and autonomous in ways that are similar to biological organisms.
Our lab is a people-first lab with the core values of: respect, understanding, transparency, and supportive! We not only train junior robotics engineers and researchers to conduct research on robotics, but more importantly support them to have a better life!
The paper led by Eric on artificial muscle is accepted by T-Mech, congratulations 🎉!
Apr 4, 2025
Eron accepted a PhD offer fom University of Michigan and Siva accepted an intern offer from Matic Robots. Congrats!
Mar 31, 2025
Congratulations to Eric for winning ASU’s JumpStart Research Grant!
Feb 22, 2025
Our lab participated in the 2025 ASU Open Door event.
Feb 22, 2025
Our conference paper, led by Eron, has been accepted for presentation at ICRA 2025! Preprint!
Feb 10, 2025
A journal paper, led by Rohan and Bach, titled “A Hybrid Variable-Stiffness Soft Back Support Device” has been published in RA Letter, congratulations 🎉!
Nov 19, 2024
Congratulations to Eron (Second to the right) for winning the Outstanding Student Researcher Award at FURI Symposium!
Nov 19, 2024
Eric, Siva, Sriman, Cindy, and Eron presented their posters at ASU FURI or MORE research Symposium!
