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20242026
most citedRoadmap for Animate Matter

14 citations · 14 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.RO2026

Morphing MILR: Design and control of a cable-driven limbless robot with rolling joints for maneuvering in complex environments

Donoven Dortilus, Tianyu Wang, Galen Tunnicliffe +2

Limbless robots offer exceptional mobility in confined and cluttered environments due to their slender bodies and their ability to exploit body-terrain interactions. Recent designs…

cs.RO2026

Three-dimensional hydro-cluttered locomotion by an undulatory robot

Tianyu Wang, Matthew Fernandez, Galen Tunnicliffe +10

Aquatic robots have expanded human access to underwater environments, yet many underwater spaces contain obstacles that can disrupt open-water locomotion. In "hydro-cluttered" envi…

cs.RO2026

A Robust Antenna Provides Tactile Feedback in a Multi-legged Robot

Zhaochen J. Xu, Juntao He, Delfin Aydan +5

Multi-legged elongate robots hold promise for maneuvering through complex environments. Prior work has demonstrated that reliable locomotion can be achieved using open-loop body un…

physics.bio-ph2025

Aubry-André Localization Transition for an Active Undulator

Christopher J. Pierce, Tianyu Wang, Dmitri Kalinin +2

The transport of deformable self-propelling objects like bacteria, worms, snakes, and robots through heterogeneous environments is poorly understood. In this paper, we use experime…

cs.RO2025

Collision Induced Binding and Transport of Shape Changing Robot Pairs

Akash Vardhan, Ram Avinery, Hosain Bagheri +7

We report in experiment and simulation the spontaneous formation of dynamically bound pairs of shape changing robots undergoing locally repulsive collisions. These physical `glider…

cs.RO2024

AquaMILR+: Design of an untethered limbless robot for complex aquatic terrain navigation

Matthew Fernandez, Tianyu Wang, Galen Tunnicliffe +4

This paper presents AquaMILR+, an untethered limbless robot designed for agile navigation in complex aquatic environments. The robot features a bilateral actuation mechanism that m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 14 cited

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…