Kentaro Barhydt

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. I am currently a research assistant in the d’Arbeloff Robotics Lab, supervised by Professor Harry Asada. My research develops novel robotic mechanisms and design paradigms for grasping and handling heavy, fragile, and varied payloads.

Research experience

• d’Arbeloff Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Graduate Research Assistant (9/21 – present)

• Terrain Robotics Advanced Control & Experimentation Lab, NERVE Center, UMass Lowell
  Visiting Researcher (11/20 – 8/21)

• Robot Locomotion & Biomechanics Lab, Tufts University
  Graduate Research Assistant (1/20 – 6/20)

• William Messner Research Group, Tufts University
  Graduate Research Assistant (9/18 – 5/20)

• Evolutionary Robotics Group, Union College
  Undergraduate Research Assistant (2/17 – 6/18)

• GE Global Research, Model-Based Manufacturing Lab
  R&D Intern (6/16 – 1/17)