Scholar
Tess Hellebrekers
Google Scholar ID: PE_lI3kAAAAJ
Robotics Researcher
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,710
H-index
17
i10-index
21
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Latest news: Joined Microsoft Research in 2025, continuing her journey into robotics; Raunaq Bhirangi released recent work on Anyskin to arxiv in 2024; Jessica Yin posted her latest work on in-hand manipulation to arxiv; Joined Meta AI as a Research Scientist in 2022; Joined Facebook AI Research as a Postdoc with Prof. Abhinav Gupta in 2020.
Research Experience
- Previously, she was a Research Scientist at Meta AI and a Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Abhinav Gupta. Her early work focused on soft and stretchable sensing technologies for robotics, including sensing skins for hybrid systems and fully soft robots, using audio, capacitive, resistive, and—most extensively—magnetic modalities.
Education
- Completed her Ph.D. in 2020 at Carnegie Mellon University, where she worked with Professor Carmel Majidi in the Soft Machines Lab on hybrid soft sensing in robotic systems.
Background
- Currently a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. Her interests lie in tactile sensing for generalizable robot manipulation, systems integration, and engineering to enable reliable and robust robotic systems, especially in unstructured, everyday environments.
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