Spacehopper

In this project, I served as a supervisor, advising the student team on how to bridge the sim-to-real gap in their locomotion pipeline. I supported them in designing simulation setups that captured the robot’s dynamics, interpreting controller behavior, and planning safe real-world experiments. My role focused on guiding the students through the challenges of transferring their simulated hopping, flight-phase control, and landing strategies onto the physical robot, helping them achieve reliable performance under both Earth gravity off-loading and parabolic flight conditions.

Check-out the full robot here and the project page.