5 papers
Neural Control: Adjoint Learning Through Equilibrium Constraints
Dezhong Tong, Jiawen Wang, Hengyi Zhou +3
Many physical AI tasks require sequential implicit computation: at each step, boundary controls are applied, and the resulting configuration is obtained by solving an equilibrium p…
Discrete Differential Geometry for Simulating Nonlinear Behaviors of Flexible Systems: A Survey
Dezhong Tong, Andrew Choi, Jiaqi Wang +7
Flexible slender structures such as rods, ribbons, plates, and shells exhibit extreme nonlinear responses bending, twisting, buckling, wrinkling, and self contact, that defy conven…
A tutorial on simulating nonlinear behaviors of flexible structures with the discrete differential geometry (DDG) method
Weicheng Huang, Zhuonan Hao, Jiahao Li +6
Flexible elastic structures, such as beams, rods, ribbons, plates, and shells, exhibit complex nonlinear dynamical behaviors that are central to a wide range of engineering and sci…
Real-time simulation enabled navigation control of magnetic soft continuum robots in confined lumens
Dezhong Tong, Zhuonan Hao, Jiyu Li +4
Magnetic soft continuum robots (MSCRs) have emerged as a promising technology for minimally invasive interventions, offering enhanced dexterity and remote-controlled navigation in…
Harnessing Discrete Differential Geometry: A Virtual Playground for the Bilayer Soft Robotics
Jiahao Li, Dezhong Tong, Zhuonan Hao +4
Soft robots have garnered significant attention due to their promising applications across various domains. A hallmark of these systems is their bilayer structure, where strain mis…