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Namaste. Welcome to my page!

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder. My research combines biology and robotics to, uncover the principles of robustness that make animals successful at locomotion in natural environments, and, in turn, inspire the design of next generation of novel robots for effective real-world operation.

I am presently transitioning from my position as a post-doctoral scholar at Prof. Rob Wood's Microrobotics lab in Harvard University to starting my group at CU Boulder (officially January 2020).

Please visit my research page for details of my work, and feel free to contact me with any inquiries.

Also, check out the my YouTube channel and recent press coverage of my work.

Recent News & Updates


  • ReMARS 2019
    Come here me speak at the inagural Amazon ReMARS conference on Jun 6, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV.
  • May 2019
    I just accepted to join the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder. Stay tuned to hear more!
  • SICB 2019
    Come and hear me speak about my latest work on how sensing and control enables robust locomotion in microrobots on Jan 6, 2019 at Tampa, FL.
  • Sci. Rob. 2018
    Check out our paper on inverted and vertical climbing using electroadhesion with HAMR in Science Robotics!
  • Jul 2018
    Recent press release about our collaboration with industry related to Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot (HAMR)
  • RSS 2018
    Excited to present our work on HAMR as an invited speaker at the workshop on Design and control of small legged robots at CMU, Pittsburg
  • RSS 2018
    Learn about our latest paper on Contact-implicit trajectory optimization for microrobots at CMU, Pittsburg
  • JRSI 2018
    Our paper on Mechanically mediated transitions via headfirst collisions in published in The Royal Society Interface. Some early press - CIBER, New York Times, ScienceNews, LiveScience .
  • SICB
    Excited to serve on the Broadening Participation Committee for SICB (2018-21). Please reach with ideas and suggestions for outreach.
  • Feb 2018
    Recent press release about our work on the Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot (HAMR)
  • GRC 2018
    Excited to present our work on contribution of Biological materials towards robustness of animal behavior at the Gordon Research Conference on Multifunctional Materials, Ventura
  • SICB 2018
    Check out our poster on Fabrication of insect wings ranging from millimeters to meters at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco
  • IROS 2017
    Consider contributing and participating in our workshop on Robotics inspired biology at the International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Vancouver
  • BB 2017
    Our paper on Evaluating Gaits on a Quadrupedal Microrobot Reveals Kinematic Running Beyond Body Dynamics research just got published in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
  • IROS 2017
    Check out our talk (Finalist, Best Paper Award) on A high speed motion capture method and performance metrics for studying gaits on an insect-scale legged robot at the International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Vancouver
  • ICRA 2017
    Check out our talk on Phase control for microrobots running near resonance at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Singapore
  • APS 2017
    Check out our talk on Task driven optimal leg trajectories in insect-scale legged microrobots at the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO
  • SICB 2017
    Check out my talk on Towards rapid running at resonance using HAMR, a biologically-inspired robotic platform at Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO
  • AMT 2017
    Our paper on Fabrication of Paper-Templated Structures of Noble Metals research just got published in Advanced Materials Technology
  • SICB 2016
    Won the Mimi Koehl and Stephen Wainwright Award for best paper from the Division of Comparative Biology
  • PNAS 2016
    Check out the press links about squishy cockroaches and CRAM. CIBER. Berkeley News. Science. NY Times. The Atlantic. Wired. Nat Geo. Discovery. CNET.
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    Confined Space Locomotion project page is here
  • PNAS 2016
    My Confined locomotion research just got published in PNAS.
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    Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot. Kaushik Jayaram, Robert J. Full, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016) PDF
  • SICB 2016
    Check out my talk on Cockroaches squeezing through crevices and poster on Cockroach-inspired self-righting robots at Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
    66.3 Tuesday, January 5 @ 14:00 pm. Cockroaches squeezing through crevices. JAYARAM, K* & FULL, R.J. Abstract
    P3-108 Wednesday, January 6 @ 15:30 pm. Cockroach-inspired self-righting robots. LI, C*, TIAN, R, PORTER, W, HAMMOND, Z, STRACHAN-OLSON, D, KOOKER, A.W., OLIVAS, J, KESSENS, C.C., JAYARAM, K, FEARING, R.S. & FULL, R.J. Abstract
  • Sept 2015
    Just moved to Cambridge, MA to start my post-doctoral research at Harvard
  • Aug 2015
    Submitted my dissertation. Graduated! It's been a long, wonderful journey at Berkeley.
  • IROS 2015
    Presenting a poster on Cockroach-inspired Compressible Robot prototype at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA
    Tuesday, May 26 @ 5:00 pm. Compressibility enables cockroach-inspired robot to crawl rapidly in confined spaces JAYARAM, K* & FULL, R.J. Abstract