Mark Cutkosky Ph.D.

Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Mark R. Cutkosky joined the Design Division of the Stanford Mechanical Engineering Dept. in 1985, after working for several years in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie-Mellon University and as a machine design engineer at ALCOA, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a principal investigator of the Design Interface for 3D Manufacturing and Biomimetic Robotics projects at the Center for Design Research, director of the Dextrous Manipulation Lab, and co-director of the Stanford Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing. Research Interests * Agent-based Design Environments for Rapid Prototyping with graded materials and embedded components * Biomimetic Robotics, exploiting Shape Deposition Manufacturing to achieve compliance and robustness. * Haptics and the perception of friction and texture * Dexterous Manipulation and Telemanipulation.