Zeynep Temel
Associate Professor
Studies bio-inspired and soft robots that use mechanical intelligence for adaptable motion.
Zeynep Temel's lab at CMU works on soft, surgical & micro robots. 14 papers since 2023, 7 at top venues, mostly ICRA and IROS. 3 PhD students. 9 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 4/ year
- at T1 venues
- 50%
- PhD students
- 3
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 9
Papers by yearfrom DBLP, 2023–2026
- 2 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 4 papers2025 · T1 2
- 5 papers2024 · T1 2
- 3 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, IROS, RSS, Autonomous Robots
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Soft, surgical & micro robots4 papers
- soft1 paper
- bio-inspired0 papers
- soft robots0 papers
- use0 papers
Paper list
From DBLP.
20262 papers
20254 papers
- SSRRInner Sleeve Constriction for Remote Timed Payload Deployment in Vine Robots (opens in a new tab)
- Autonomous RobotsReconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)SkinGrip: An Adaptive Soft Robotic Manipulator with Capacitive Sensing for Whole-Limb Bed Bathing Assistance (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Vibrotactile Sensing for Detecting Misalignments in Precision Manufacturing (opens in a new tab)
20245 papers
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.DeltaHands: A Synergistic Dexterous Hand Framework Based on Delta Robots (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Enhancing Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation via Hierarchical Contact Exploration (opens in a new tab)
- SSRRHeterogenous Collaboration: A new approach for search and rescue operations (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Multi-modal jumping and crawling in an autonomous, springtail-inspired microrobot (opens in a new tab)
- RSS (T1)Tilde: Teleoperation for Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation Learning with a DeltaHand (opens in a new tab)
20233 papers
- ICRA (T1)Linear Delta Arrays for Compliant Dexterous Distributed Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- RSS (T1)Reconfigurable Robot Control Using Flexible Coupling Mechanisms (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.RevLock: A Reversible Self-Locking Mechanism Driven by Linear Actuators for Foldable Robots and Systems (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went9 listed
Apply to CMUFall 2027
CMU SCS Computer Science PhD
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- USD 100 (USD 80 by early deadline)
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