Mark Yim
Professor and Director of Integrated Product Design
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 
- Optimal Structure Synthesis for Environment Augmenting Robots, Tosun, T. | Sung, C. | McCloskey, C. | Yim, M., IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019
- Optimization-Based Nonimpact Rolling Locomotion of a Variable Geometry Truss, Park, S. | Park, E. | Yim, M. | Kim, J. | Seo, T., IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019
- Exploring Low-Cost Mobile Manipulation for Elder Care Within a Community Based Setting, Mucchiani, C. | Cacchione, P. | Torres, W. | Johnson, M.J. | Yim, M., Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications, 2019
- Discrete Configuration Space Methods for Determining Modular Connector Area of Acceptance in Higher Dimensions, Eckenstein, N. | Yim, M., IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018
- Development and Deployment of a Mobile Manipulator for Assisting and Entertaining Elders Living in Supportive Apartment Living facilities, Mucchiani, C. | Torres, W.O. | Edgar, D. | Johnson, M.J. | Cacchione, P.Z. | Yim, M., RO-MAN 2018 - 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2018