4 papers
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…
Bio-Inspired Pneumatic Modular Actuator for Peristaltic Transport
Brian Ye, Zhuonan Hao, Priya Shah +1
While its biological significance is well-documented, its application in soft robotics, particularly for the transport of fragile and irregularly shaped objects, remains underexplo…
Inverse Design of Snap-Actuated Jumping Robots Powered by Mechanics-Aided Machine Learning
Dezhong Tong, Zhuonan Hao, Mingchao Liu +1
Exploring the design and control strategies of soft robots through simulation is highly attractive due to its cost-effectiveness. Although many existing models (e.g., finite elemen…
Inverse Design of Planar Clamped-Free Elastic Rods from Noisy Data
Dezhong Tong, Zhuonan Hao, Weicheng Huang
Slender structures, such as rods, often exhibit large nonlinear geometrical deformations even under moderate external forces (e.g., gravity). This characteristic results in a rich…