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Daniel Aukes

Valued employee, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Professor Aukes studies the nexus between design, manufacturing, robotics, and dynamic systems. His robots focus on affordable design techniques, compliance, flexibility, and mechanism design techniques inspired by origami.

Recent stories

Krishna Badrinath reads a book in the library.

Overcoming hardship, unlocking one’s potential, facing climate catastrophe, and a pandemic that birthed modern medicine are among topics of books recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff.

A child works on a robotic bird with flapping wings as part of a summer camp.

Middle and high schoolers will have the opportunity to tinker, explore, invent and dream big at The Polytechnic School’s STEAM summer camps.

students working around a table

Students of the Embedded Systems Design Project course get a glimpse into their futures in engineering through industry professionals who took the course as students.

Old Main on ASU's Tempe campus

Andrea Richa and Thomas Sugar have earned one of the most prestigious honors at ASU for their trailblazing efforts in research, teaching and leadership.

Additional stories

image of a robotic octopus

Behaving like animals

Research from ASU's IDEAlab draws inspiration from biology, and specifically the operation of animal motor neurons and muscle fibers, to advance soft robotics.
Professor and student working together in a lab

MORE program funds research for master’s students

The Master's Opportunity for Research in Engineering program offers support for students looking to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Dan Aukes with a robot next to a cactus

Making robots accessible to all

Daniel Aukes is working to make it possible to fabricate robots in a matter of hours with the use of rapid prototyping tools like laser cutting and 3D printing with help from a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award.