Robophysics III

Presentations

• Make Every Step an Experiment: Towards Terrain-aware, High-mobility Robots for Planetary Explorations

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Feifei Qian

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Feifei Qian

    • University of Southern California

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  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

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• Gait design for legged locomotion on granular slopes

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Xingjue Liao

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Xingjue Liao

    • University of Southern California

  • Jeongwoo Cho

    • University of Southern California

  • Diego Caporale

    • University of Southern California
    • Univeristy of Southern California

  • Ethan Fulcher

    • University of Southern California

  • Feifei Qian

    • University of Southern California

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• Three-Dimensional Leg Kinematics Enhance Burrowing Performance in Granular Substrates

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Chhayank Srivastava

    • University of Vermont

  Authors

  • Chhayank Srivastava

    • University of Vermont

  • Laura Treers

    • University of Vermont

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• Waypoint-seeking using head orientation during burrowing in dry granular media

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: Shergill, N., Stuart, H. S., "Burrowing depth control using head orientation," International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vienna, Austria, June 1-5, 2026. [Manuscript submitted for publication]

  Presenters

  • Nimran Shergill

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Nimran Shergill

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Hannah Stuart

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Propulsion of a scallop-like swimmer in viscoelastic granular hydrogels

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16586

  Presenters

  • Hongyi Xiao

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Hongyi Xiao

    • University of Michigan

  • Jing Wang

    • Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

  • Amir Nazemi

    • University of Michigan

  • Achim Sack

    • FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • Ralf Stannarius

    • Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

  • Thorsten Poeschel

    • FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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• Traveling Wave Enabled Snail Inspired Soft Robot

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: Jensen, M., Nielsen, M.M.S., Grønvall, N.N., Tirado, J., Jørgensen, J. and Murali Babu, S.P., 2025. Dual Actuator Wave-Like Navigator: An Untethered Soft Crawling Robot for Multisurface Locomotion. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 7(9), p.2500422.

  Presenters

  • Magnus M Sigsgaard Nielsen

    • University of Southern Denmark

  Authors

  • Magnus M Sigsgaard Nielsen

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Mathias Jensen

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Nicklas Nikolaj Grønvall

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu

    • University of Southern Denmark
    • SDU Soft Robotics, SDU Biorobotics, University of Southern Denmark

  • Jonas Jørgensen

    • University of Southern Denmark

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  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

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• Quadrupedal Legged Locomotion on Icy Regolith

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Jeongwoo Cho

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Jeongwoo Cho

    • University of Southern California

  • Shipeng Liu

    • University of Southern California

  • Diego Caporale

    • University of Southern California
    • Univeristy of Southern California

  • Yifeng Zhang

    • University of Southern California

  • Ethan Fulcher

    • University of Southern California

  • John Bush

    • University of Southern California

  • Feifei Qian

    • University of Southern California

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• Learning Nonlinear Constitutive Laws via Neural Network-Based Elastic Energy Modeling

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Radha Manoj Lahoti

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Radha Manoj Lahoti

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Ryan Chaiyakul

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Mohammad Khalid Jawed

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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