Brian Huo

Brian is a PhD student developing a novel intuitive control and feedback system for manual teleoperation of robotic arms in space. He is combining the advantages of vibrotactile haptic feedback, force feedback, and bilateral teleoperation to allow astronauts to safely and independently perform telerobotic servicing missions in Mars transit and beyond. His work draws on experience in robotics, control systems, biomechanics, and wearable medical device design. 

Biomedical and biomechanical engineering form the foundation of Brian's research experience, beginning with an undergraduate research internship abroad with Dr. Wang Jaw-Lin's Biomechanics Research Lab at National Taiwan University, studying spinal fixation implants and generating a review of design and manufacturing principles. His research into spinal biomechanics continued with Dr. Grace O'Connell's Berkeley Biomechanics Lab at UC Berkeley, designing and constructing a tissue load testing device. 

Brian has accomplished a variety of design projects, spanning the biological, mechanical, and computational. Examples include a grip strength improvement for a low cost prosthetic hand, a CNN-based computer vision method for collision avoidant quadcopter drone navigation, and a real-time compatible algorithm for identifying movement onset in neural signal readings.

Brian enjoys picking up new skills. His current hobbies include rock climbing, archery, pop up card designing, language study, and strategy games.