Welcome to the homepage of the MERGe Lab, where we are working on making Materials Embody Robots, Geometrically. We are located at UT Austin’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department and led by Professor Lillian Chin. We merge ideas across disciplines and see what interesting robots emerge as a result.
If you are interested in working with us, please read this FAQ page for more information.
Nov. 2026 – Joseph submitted “OUCH: Objective, Uniform, Controlled Haptic Stimulation for Automated Neurological Assessment” to RoboSoft 2027 in collaboration with Stanford! Check the arXiv here
Oct. 2026 – Benito and Siqi submitted “ORBIT: A Modular Multi-finger Robotic Hand Platform with Rotational Finger Reconfiguration” to IEEE RA-L! Check the arXiv here
Oct. 2026 – Aryaman and Caroline’s dance research showcased in the Sensorium II Dance Performance using lights and pressure sensing to visualize the felt dimension of movement.
Oct. 2026 – Lilly gave a talk at the 2026 IEEE IROS Workshop.
Oct. 2026 – Bill was invited to give a young researcher talk at the Learning Based Robot Co-design workshop at IROS 2026!