Chris Schmidt-Wetekam

Research Scientist

Chris Schmidt-Wetekam

Chris recently received his PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and will be working alongside Dr. Jerry Pratt and Dr. Peter Neuhaus towards the development of Atlas and Robonaut 2. His past research focused upon the mechanical and control design of underactuated single-legged robots incorporating reaction wheel stabilization. A video of one of these robots is shown below:


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