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Bibek Gupta is a roboticist pushing the boundaries of bio-inspired multi-modal locomotion and morpho-functional control. His research centers on legged-aerial platforms, flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles, and snake-like loco-manipulation, drawing direct inspiration from birds, bats, and vertebrates. Gupta’s major contributions include the development of the Husky Carbon platform, a legged-aerial robot that combines walking and flight for ultra-flexible task negotiation, and the stabilization of Aerobat, Northeastern’s tailless bat-inspired robot, using tandem flapping wings and multi-rotors. His work on non-impulsive contact-implicit motion planning enables snake robots to perform loco-manipulation—blending locomotion with object manipulation—while his optimization-based control of high-DOF morphing wings allows for complex maneuvers like banking turns and bounding flight. With over 17 citations across his most-cited papers, Gupta’s impact is evident in advancing robotic agility and adaptability. Notably, his research on intermittent bounding flight, mimicking vertebrate power management, offers novel strategies for speed and efficiency in aerial robotics. Gupta’s achievements mark him as a rising leader in biomimetic robotics, with work that promises ultra-flexible, autonomous systems for challenging environments.