Lillian Chin
Assistant Professor
Designs robotic bodies and materials, including soft robots with embedded perception and computational design.
Lillian Chin's lab at UT Austin works on robot perception & SLAM, soft, surgical & micro robots and geometry processing & modeling. 14 papers since 2023, 6 at top venues, mostly IROS and RA-L. 8 PhD students and 1 master's student. 2 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 4/ year
- at T1 venues
- 43%
- PhD students
- 8
- MS students
- 1
- alumni listed
- 2
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 5 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 2 papers2025 · T1 1
- 4 papers2024 · T1 2
- 3 papers2023 · T1 1
T1 venuesOtherVenues: IROS, RA-L, ICRA
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Soft, surgical & micro robots6 papers
- Robot perception & SLAM2 papers
- Geometry processing & modeling0 papers
- soft robots0 papers
- computational design0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20265 papers
- BioRobForce Sensing for Wearable Human-Robot Interfaces via Fluidic Innervation
- RA-LFORTE: Tactile Force and Slip Sensing on Compliant Fingers for Delicate Manipulation
- IROS (T1)New Families of Handed Shearing Auxetics via Parameterization
- Advanced MaterialsSeamless Mechanical Programming Through Hybrid Epoxy–Acrylate Printing for Soft–Rigid Robots
- IROS (T1)Unified Static-Dynamic Macro-Micro Robotic Palpation with Multi-actuation for Viscoelastic Property Mapping
20252 papers
- RA-LBiFlex: A Passive Bimodal Stiffness Flexible Wrist for Manipulation in Unstructured Environments
- ICRA (T1)Large-Expansion Bi-Layer Auxetics Create Compliant Cellular Motion
20244 papers
- Book chapter in Improving Technology Through Ethics (SpringerDrawing Together: Technology Development for Public Service
- ICRA (T1)Embedded Air Channels Transform Soft Lattices into Sensorized Grippers
- RoboSoftReal-Time Grocery Packing by Integrating Vision, Tactile Sensing, and Soft Fingers
- IROS (T1)Strong Compliant Grasps Using a Cable-Driven Soft Gripper
20233 papers
- RA-LIn-Hand Manipulation with a Simple Belted Parallel-Jaw Gripper
- IROS (T1)Machine Learning Best Practices for Soft Robot Proprioception
- RoboSoftModelling Handed Shearing Auxetics: Selective Piecewise Constant Strain Kinematics and Dynamic Simulation
Where alumni went2 listed
Apply to UT AustinFall 2027
Computer Science PhD
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