Author details

Spencer Backus
Also published under: Spencer B. Backus
Affiliation
Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Biography
Spencer Backus received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He is a Robotics Mechanical Engineer in the Robotic Climbers and Grippers group at JPL. For his Ph.D., Spencer designed and built end-effectors for aerial vehicles, a vibration based contact sensor, and modeled the biomechanics of grasping in birds. Since joining JPL, Spencer has worked on research tasks developing novel robotic end-effectors.(Based on document published on 21 August 2020). Author's Published Works