Daniel Feshbach

University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College

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Daniel Feshbach is a roboticist whose work sits at the intersection of modular self-reconfiguration, origami-inspired design, and minimal-robot autonomy. His research focuses on creating intelligent, physically adaptable systems that can reshape themselves or operate under extreme constraints. In his most-cited work, Feshbach developed an algorithm enabling pivoting modular cube robots to reconfigure around non-convex holes of arbitrary shape, a fundamental challenge for 3D self-assembling systems. He is also the lead designer of **CurveQuad**, a centimeter-scale origami quadruped that uses curved creases to self-fold and crawl with just a single motor—a landmark in minimalist, printable robotics. Earlier, he tackled the problem of guaranteed coverage for a “blind, unreliable” robot, proving that even a severely limited agent can achieve complete area coverage. With over 19 citations across his top papers, Feshbach’s contributions are shaping the future of deployable, resource-constrained robots for exploration, manufacturing, and search-and-rescue.