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Professor Burdick focuses on robotics, kinematics, and mechanical systems control. His active research areas include robotic locomotion, sensor-based motion planning algorithms, multi-fingered robotic manipulation, applied nonlinear control theory, neural prosthetics, and medical applications in robotics. He has held various academic titles at Caltech including Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and currently serves as the Hayman Professor since 2012. Additionally, he is a Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2014. Burdick has demonstrated significant contributions to the field through his developments in robotics, specifically in the context of both theoretical and practical applications within engineering and bioengineering.
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