Quentin Anderson-Watson
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Katie Fitzismons
Email: qxa5031@psu.edu
Research
During his undergraduate education, Quentin conducted a human subject study characterizing the interaction modalities humans use to correct a robot when it undergoes an erroneous trajectory.
He is currently developing an integrated control system that combines sEMG-based motor-intent detection with adaptive, wearable multimodal haptic feedback to achieve robust control of hand prostheses.
Projects
Volvo Trucks North America: Active Cab Suspension
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University Park, 2024
Publications
Ergodic Imitation with Corrections: Learning from Implicit Information in Human Feedback.
J. Pang, Q. Anderson-Watson, and K. Fitzsimons
Transaction on Human-Machine Systems, 2025. PDF URL
Using Machine Learning to Generate an Online Haptic Feedback Policy.
Logan, Z., Walsh, S., Anderson-Watson, Q., & Fitzsimons, K
Proceedings of IEEE BioRob, 2026.PDF URL
Teaching
TA for Circuit Analysis, Instrumentation, and Statistics (ME348), Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Campus Involvement
Graduate Assistant for the Multicultural Engineering Program, May 2025 - Present
Awards and Honors
BETR Award, 2026