4 papers
PB&J: Peanut Butter and Joints for Damped Articulation
Avery S. Williamson, Michael J. Bennington, Ravesh Sukhnandan +3
Many bioinspired robots mimic the rigid articulated joint structure of the human hand for grasping tasks, but experience high-frequency mechanical perturbations that can destabiliz…
Roadmap for Animate Matter
Giorgio Volpe, Nuno A. M. Araújo, Maria Guix +37
Humanity has long sought inspiration from nature to innovate materials and devices. As science advances, nature-inspired materials are becoming part of our lives. Animate materials…
Hitting the Gym: Reinforcement Learning Control of Exercise-Strengthened Biohybrid Robots in Simulation
Saul Schaffer, Hima Hrithik Pamu, Victoria A. Webster-Wood
Animals can accomplish many incredible behavioral feats across a wide range of operational environments and scales that current robots struggle to match. One explanation for this p…
Neurodevelopmental disorders modeling using isogeometric analysis, dynamic domain expansion and local refinement
Kuanren Qian, Genesis Omana Suarez, Toshihiko Nambara +4
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have arisen as one of the most prevailing chronic diseases within the US. Often associated with severe adverse impacts on the formation of vital…