Published On 4/22/2024
Hello everyone! I am Laura, new Sorella race team member for 2024. I love riding bikes (particularly, I love being deep in the woods on beautiful singletrack). However, I also love doing
science, and for my big girl job I work as a postdoctoral scientist in the Schools of Physics & Biology at Georgia Tech. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, I love building
robots—particularly, I love designing robots which are inspired by nature. Some questions I think about all the time are: how do animals move around with amazing agility in complex
terrains, like on or under sands and soils? Can we translate the physics principles utilized by these animals to the robotic systems of the future? And in turn, can these robots not only help humans access new terrains or perform new tasks, but also help us better understand our natural world?