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High-curvature, high-force, vine robot for inspection
Mijaíl Jaén Mendoza, Nicholas D. Naclerio, Elliot W. Hawkes
Robot performance has advanced considerably both in and out of the factory, however in tightly constrained, unknown environments such as inside a jet engine or the human heart, cur…
Passively Adaptive Radiative Switch for Thermoregulation in Buildings
Charles Xiao, Bolin Liao, Elliot W. Hawkes
With the ever-growing need to reduce energy consumption, building materials that passively heat or cool are gaining importance. However, many buildings require both heating and coo…
A light- and heat-seeking vine-inspired robot with material-level responsiveness
Shivani Deglurkar, Charles Xiao, Luke F. Gockowski +2
The fields of soft and bio-inspired robotics promise to imbue synthetic systems with capabilities found in the natural world. However, many of these biological capabilities are yet…