HI, I'm

Colter Decker

Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University

I study how to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of robots through hardware design. I'm advised by Professor Robert Wood.

Right now, I'm making robotic hands and sensors, and studying how hardware decisions can improve the performance of learned policies.

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Research

Selected publications robotics.

Publications

2026

Noncircular rolling contact joints enable programmed behavior in robotic linkages

Colter J. Decker, Tony G. Chen, Michelle C. Yuen, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2026

2025

Second Paper

Co-Author C, Colter Decker, Co-Author D

Conference or Journal Name, 2025