Extracting behavioral measurements non-invasively from video is stymied by the fact that it is
a hard computational problem. Recent advances in deep learning have tremendously …

Animals and robots must self-right on the ground after overturning. Biology research has
described various strategies and motor patterns in many species. Robotics research has …

In this paper, we present a milliscale-integrated jum**-crawling robot that can adjust its
launch trajectory and upright itself. This multimodal robot shows an enhanced performance …

Robots excel at avoiding obstacles but struggle to traverse complex 3-D terrain with
cluttered large obstacles. By contrast, insects like cockroaches excel at doing so. Recent …

Miniature locomotive robots that can adaptively change shapes to accommodate to various
terrains have technologically significant applications ranging from noninvasive operations …

To traverse complex three-dimensional terrain with large obstacles, animals and robots must
transition across different modes. However, most mechanistic understanding of terrestrial …

Robotic spacecrafts have helped expand the reach for many planetary exploration missions.
Most ground mobile planetary exploration robots use wheeled or modified wheeled …

In nature, surfaces are evolutionarily designed to allow adaptation of species to their
environments. Insects make extensive use of interfacial phenomena because of their small …

Robots still struggle to dynamically traverse complex 3D terrain with many large obstacles,
an ability required for many critical applications. Body–obstacle interaction is often inevitable …