| Jamie Paik | |
| Workplaces: | Pierre and Marie Curie University Harvard University École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
| Alma Mater: | University of British Columbia Seoul National University |
Jamie Kyujin Paik is a Canadian engineer who is a professor and director of the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Paik was born in Canada.[1] Her father is a scientist and her mother is a painter.[2] She completed her bachelor's degree at University of British Columbia.[3] She majored in mechanical engineering. She earned her PhD at Seoul National University, sponsored by Samsung Electronics.[4] Her PhD considered the limbs of anthropomorphic robots.
Paik worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Pierre and Marie Curie University, where she worked on laparoscopic tools. JAIMY, a 5 mm size motorised robot, can be used to assist suturing during surgery. It is available commercially through Endocontrol Medical.[5] She joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Erik Demaine, Daniela L. Rus and Robert Wood.
In 2012, Paik founded the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She is a member of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research.[6] Her recent work focuses on robotic origami, robogami.[7] She developed vacuum-powered Soft Pneumatic Actuators for compliant robotics.[8] [9] [10] She was an invited speaker at the Obama Administration's Women Inspire Innovation workshop in 2013. She was a judge at the 2016 and 2018 Soft Robotics Toolkit competition.[11] She was a participant at the 2018 Science Foo Camp. She was a 2019 TED Conferences speaker.[12]