Dr. Luis C. Hernández-Barraza, a Biomedical Engineer from Tecnológico de Monterrey, earned a direct doctorate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Singapore government scholarship.
He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at SMART, M3S, focusing on soft robotics for rehabilitation of patients with stroke, cerebral palsy, and congenital malformations. He has published in international journals and presented his work at conferences worldwide.
3-RRS and 3-RRUR parallel manipulators as spatial positioning manipulators
Year of Publication:
Venue:
Int. Symp. Robot. Res. (ISRR), 2026
2026
Publication Type:
Conference
Status:
Accepted
Authors:
Wu Yongxin (NUS), Luis Hernandez (SMART), Alok Prakash (SMART), Cecilia Laschi (NUS), Marcelo Ang (NUS), Fabio Duarte (MIT) and Daniela Rus (MIT)
Two-finger soft gripper with a scaled-pad contact interface for dual-mode grasping and surface cleaning
Year of Publication:
Venue:
IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intell. Robots Syst. (IROS), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2026
2026
Publication Type:
Conference
Status:
Accepted
Authors:
Luis Hernandez (SMART), Zhi Cong Wong (SMART), Mong Juin Hwaye (NUS), Wu Yongxin (NUS), Do Van Minh (SMART), Alok Prakash (SMART), Cecilia Laschi (NUS), Marcelo Ang (NUS), Fabio Duarte (MIT) and Daniela Rus (MIT)