Soft robotics

GM Whitesides - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
This description of “soft robotics” is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of
a comprehensive technical summary of a develo** field. Rather, its objective is to describe …

What is robotics? Why do we need it and how can we get it?

DE Koditschek - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Robotics is an emerging synthetic science concerned with programming work. Robot
technologies are quickly advancing beyond the insights of the existing science. More secure …

Vertical hopper compositions for preflexive and feedback-stabilized quadrupedal bounding, pacing, pronking, and trotting

A De, DE Koditschek - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2018‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This paper applies an extension of classical averaging methods to hybrid dynamical
systems, thereby achieving formally specified, physically effective and robust instances of all …

Acrobatic squirrels learn to leap and land on tree branches without falling

NH Hunt, J **n, LF Jacobs, RJ Full - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Arboreal animals often leap through complex canopies to travel and avoid predators. Their
success at making split-second, potentially life-threatening decisions of biomechanical …

Mini cheetah, the falling cat: A case study in machine learning and trajectory optimization for robot acrobatics

V Kurtz, H Li, PM Wensing, H Lin - … International Conference on …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Seemingly in defiance of basic physics, cats consistently land on their feet after falling. In this
paper, we design a controller that lands the Mini Cheetah quadruped robot on its feet as …

Tails, flails, and sails: how appendages improve terrestrial maneuverability by improving stability

S Shield, R Jericevich, A Patel… - … and comparative biology, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Trade-offs in maneuverability and stability are essential in ecologically relevant situations
with respect to robustness of locomotion, with multiple strategies apparent in animal model …

Enabling dynamic behaviors with aerodynamic drag in lightweight tails

J Norby, JY Li, C Selby, A Patel… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many agile legged animals employ lightweight, furry tails to regulate orientation during
running, lea**, and turning. Most robots attempting the same tasks either lack a tail or …

Optimal reduced-order modeling of bipedal locomotion

YM Chen, M Posa - 2020 IEEE International Conference on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art approaches to legged locomotion are widely dependent on the use of
models like the linear inverted pendulum (LIP) and the spring-loaded inverted pendulum …

Robotic tails: a state-of-the-art review

W Saab, WS Rone, P Ben-Tzvi - Robotica, 2018‏ - cambridge.org
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in robotic tails intended for inertial adjustment
applications on-board mobile robots. Inspired by biological tails observed in nature, robotic …

Enhanced balance for legged robots using reaction wheels

CY Lee, S Yang, B Bokser… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a reaction wheel system that enhances the balancing capabilities and stability
of quadrupedal robots during challenging locomotion tasks. Inspired by both the standard …