Jacob Delgado-López

My name is Jacob M. Delgado-López, and I am a rising junior studying computer science and engineering at the University of Puerto Rico. I am very excited to participate in the RISS program this summer to gain exposure to novel robotics research and strengthen my research and interpersonal skills. This summer, I am grateful to have the opportunity to work under the supervision of Yufei Wang in the Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction (RCHI) Lab led by Dr. Zackory Erickson. This lab focuses on developing new computational, control, and sensing methods with the objective of advancing the viability of robotic caregivers. I will be working on a project focused on the development of capacitive sensors to facilitate the physical interaction and assistance of people. More specifically, I will be building upon previous research with the goal of breaching the gap between capacitive sensor data collected in simulation and the real world and optimizing capacitive sensor design/configuration in simulation. I hope to contribute to research that will pave the way for the innovation in assistive technology for caregiving services. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the RISS sponsors, organizers, and mentors as well as Dr. Zackory Erickson and the RCHI Lab for making this experience possible!