Robophysics II

Presentations

• The robophysics of fish schooling behavior

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 3:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • George V Lauder

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • George V Lauder

    • Harvard University

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• Soft Body Control Based on Discrete Elastic Rod Model

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Zhuonan Hao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Mohammad Khalid Jawed

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Zhuonan Hao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Darren Ray Herng Chin

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Dezhong Tong

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Weicheng Huang

    • California State University, Los Angeles

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• Crawling in a line with a soft skin

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Publication: Crawling in a line with a soft skin (planned)

  Presenters

  • Aida Parvaresh

    • SDU Soft Robotics, University of Southern Denmark

  Authors

  • Aida Parvaresh

    • SDU Soft Robotics, University of Southern Denmark

  • Burcu Seyidoglu

    • SDU Soft Robotics, University of Southern Denmark

  • Ali Sahafi

    • SDU Digital and High Frequency Electronics, University of Southern Denmark

  • Ahmad Rafsanjani

    • SDU Soft Robotics, University of Southern Denmark

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2025, 4:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:12 PM

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• Design of an untethered limbless robot for aquatic locomotion in complex environments

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18383
  

  Presenters

  • Matthew Fernandez

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Matthew Fernandez

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Galen Tunnicliffe

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Donoven Dortilus

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Mechanical and computational intelligence for agile and robust limbless robotic locomotion in complex aquatic environments

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Matthew Fernandez

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Galen Tunnicliffe

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Donoven Dortilus

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Discrete Differential Geometry-Based Simulation Framework for Soft Robotic Structures

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Radha Manoj Lahoti

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Mohammad Khalid Jawed

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Radha Manoj Lahoti

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Soft mechanism design for effective force transduction from living muscle

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Publication: Aydin, O., Hirashima, K., and Saif, M. T. A. (August 25, 2023). "Incorporating Geometric Nonlinearity in Theoretical Modeling of Muscle-Powered Soft Robotic Bio-Actuators." ASME. J. Appl. Mech. January 2024; 91(1): 011008. https://doi-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/10.1115/1.4063146
  
  Drennan, W. C., Aydin, O., Emon, B., Li, Z, Joy, M.Barishman, A., Kim, Y., Wei, M., Denham, D., Carrillo, A., and Saif, M.T.A. "A fast, muscle-actuated biohybrid swimming robot". In preparation.

  Presenters

  • William Drennan

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • William Drennan

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Onur Aydin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Taher Saif

    • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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• From Hypothesis to Locomotion: A Snail-Inspired Modular Soft Robot

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:12 PM

  Publication: Muscle to Mobility: A Robophysical Platform for Travelling Wave Locomotion, in preparation 2024

  Presenters

  • Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu

    • University of Southern Denmark

  Authors

  • Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Cao Danh Do

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Alessio Mondini

    • Italian Institute of Technology

  • Barbara Mazzolai

    • Italian Institute of Technology

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• Theory of undulator localization in resistive force dominated disordered environments

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Dmitri Kalinin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Hang Lu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Disorder-Induced Transition from Ballistic Motion to Localization in a Limbless Undulating Robot

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Dmitri Kalinin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Dmitri Kalinin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Bio-Inspired Modular Pneumatic Actuator for Peristaltic Transport

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Brian Ye

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Mohammad Khalid Jawed

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Zhuonan Hao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Brian Ye

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Priya Shah

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Navigation of soft slithering bodies on 3D heterogeneous terrains through bio-inspired sensing and learning

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 6:00 PM

  Publication: Navigation of soft slithering bodies on 3D heterogeneous terrains through bio-inspired sensing and learning. Zhang et al. (In preparation)

  Presenters

  • Xiaotian Zhang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Xiaotian Zhang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Ali Albazroun

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Tixian Wang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Prashant Mehta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Mattia Gazzola

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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