Robophysics II

Presentations

• Artificial Spacetimes that Control Robots.

  ORAL · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: "Artificial Spacetimes for Reactive Control of Resource-Limited Robots", W. Reinhardt and MZ Miskin, NPJ Robotics (In Press). 2025.

  Presenters

  • Marc Z Miskin

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Marc Z Miskin

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • William Harrison Reinhardt

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Body-leg coordination for effective obstacle traversal

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Jieming Deng

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Jieming Deng

    • University of Southern California

  • John Peng

    • University of Southern California

  • Xingjue Liao

    • University of Southern California

  • Haodi Hu

    • University of Southern California

  • Feifei Qian

    • University of Southern California

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• The dynamics of an elongate multisegmented C-leg robot

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Jianfeng Lin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Jianfeng Lin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Massimiliano Iaschi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Baxi Chong

    • Penn State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Lorenzo Dolfi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Juntao He

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Vincent Nienhusser

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel Soto

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Robophysical Studies of Undulatory Locomotion in Disordered Terrains 

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Haitong Lian

    • Haverford College

  Authors

  • Haitong Lian

    • Haverford College

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Dmitri Kalinin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Miles Schuler

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Centralized and decentralized control for multi-legged locomotion on rough terrains

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Xiyuan Wang

    • Penn State University

  Authors

  • Xiyuan Wang

    • Penn State University

  • Baxi Chong

    • Penn State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

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• Localization and delocalization of a limbless robot in a 2D random lattice

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Dmitri Kalinin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Miles Schuler

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Haitong Lian

    • Haverford College

  • Christopher J Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Rolling Helix Locomotion: A New Mode of Self-Propulsion for Limbless Robots

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Hangjun Liu

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Hangjun Liu

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Baxi Chong

    • Penn State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

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• Comparing terrestrial locomotion strategies of amphibious fishes using robophysical models

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Gargi Sadalgekar

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Gargi Sadalgekar

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• An Experimental Platform for Understanding Size Scaling of Latch-Mediated Spring Actuation

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: Planned journal submission (same title)

  Presenters

  • James Clinton

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • James Clinton

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Jieming Deng

    • University of Southern California

  • Arjun Gunda

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Miu Noguchi

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Mark Ilton

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Elliot Hawkes

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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