Mark Yim
Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Honors and Awards: Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching - 2009
Research Expertise: Robotics | Mechanical Systems | Mechanical Design
Mark's research interests began with modular robots that are made up of identical active components that can be arranged to form many different configurations, ranging from a snake robot to a humanoid to a 17 legged centipede. These systems can also self-reconfigure, changing the robot's shape to suit the task. In addition to self-reconfiguring and self-assembling robots, Mark has also started work on flying robots, and task specification, working to figure out how to specify a task so that a robot configuration can optimally satisfy that task.
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Education:
PhD Mechanical Engineering 1994 - Stanford University
MS Mechanical Engineering 1989 - Stanford University
BS Engineering Mechanics 1987 - Johns Hopkins University
Recent Publications 
- ModLock: A manual connector for reconfigurable modular robots, Davey, J. | Sastra, J. | Piccoli, M. | Yim, M., IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012
- The X-fa An improved planar passive mechanical connector for modular self-reconfigurable robots, Eckenstein, N. | Yim, M., IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012
- Design and analysis of a gyroscopically controlled micro air vehicle, Thorne, C.E. | Yim, M., Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications, 2012
- Dielectric elastomer bender actuator applied to modular robotics, White, P.J. | Latscha, S. | Schlaefer, S. | Yim, M., IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011
- Structure synthesis on-the-fly in a modular robot, Revzen, S. | Bhoite, M. | Macasieb, A. | Yim, M., IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011