Christopher Xu is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara’s Hawkes Lab, where he researches animal-inspired robots and creative mechanisms. He previously studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, worked on humanoid teleoperation and squirrel-inspired robots, and interned at Figure. His work includes robotic locomotion, manipulation, and robot design. ([hawkeslab.com](https://www.hawkeslab.com/christopher-xu-about?utm_source=openai))
Christopher Xu is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara’s Hawkes Lab, where he researches animal-inspired robots and creative mechanisms. He previously studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, worked on humanoid teleoperation and squirrel-inspired robots, and interned at Figure. His work includes robotic locomotion, manipulation, and robot design. ([hawkeslab.com](https://www.hawkeslab.com/christopher-xu-about?utm_source=openai))
Career
Christopher Xu studied at University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD in Mechanical Engineering) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Grainger College of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering).