Ümit Şen

Hi! My name is Ümit. I am a graduate researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, advised by Prof. Gina Olson. My research investigates how the compliance seen in snake locomotion can be translated into robotics. I design and build soft snake robots that take their inspiration from nature.

Previously, I conducted research on haptics at Kadir Has University under the supervision of Prof. Mine Sarac. There I developed a wearable haptic device and worked on gamifying haptic user studies.

Before that, my first research experiences were in robot swarm coordination and visible light positioning.