Faculty Profile

Dr. Jonathan Clark, received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 2000 and 2004 respectively, and his B.S. from Brigham Young University in 1998. He joined the department after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Clark's research area lies in the intersection of the fields of Robotics, Dynamic Systems, and Mechanical Design. In particular he is interested in applying insights from biology and dynamic systems modeling to the design and fabrication of legged locomotion systems. This is enabled by the innovative application of traditional and rapid-prototyping techniques to the design of spatially and time-varying passive appendages for running robots.

Published Articles

• Clark, J. E. and Koditschek, D. E. "A Spring-assisted One Degree of Freedom Climbing Model", Lecture Notes on Control and information Sciences 3, Springer-Verlag, 43-64, 2006.
• Kim, S. and Clark, J. E. and Cutkosky, M. R. "iSprawl: Design and Tuning for High-Speed Autonomous Open-Loop Running", International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(9):903-912, 2006.
• Clark, J. E. and Cutkosky, M. R. "The Effect of Leg Specialization in a Biomimetic Hexapedal Running Robot", Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 128:26-35, 2006.
• Cham, J. G. and Bailey, S. A. and Clark, J. E. and Full, R. J. and Cutkosky, M. R.. "Fast and Robust: Hexapedal Robots via Shape Deposition Manufacturing", International Journal of Robotics Research, 21(10) 2002.