2 papers
cond-mat.soft2019
Architected Lattices with Adaptive Energy Absorption
Yifan Wang, Brian Ramirez, Kalind Carpenter +3
Energy absorbing materials, like foams used in protective equipment, are able to undergo large deformations under low stresses, reducing the incoming stress wave below an injury or…
cs.RO2019
ARCSnake: An Archimedes' Screw-Propelled, Reconfigurable Robot Snake for Complex Environments
Dimitri A. Schreiber, Florian Richter, Andrew Bilan +5
This paper presents the design and performance of a screw-propelled redundant serpentine robot. This robot comprises serially linked, identical modules, each incorporating an Archi…