3 papers
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…
cond-mat.soft2022
Gliders in shape-changing active matter
Akash Vardhan, Ram Avinery, Hridesh Kedia +3
We report in experiment and simulation the spontaneous formation of dynamically bound pairs of shape changing smarticle robots undergoing locally repulsive collisions. Borrowing te…
cond-mat.stat-mech2021
Low rattling: A predictive principle for self-organization in active collectives
Pavel Chvykov, Thomas A. Berrueta, Akash Vardhan +6
Self-organization is frequently observed in active collectives, from ant rafts to molecular motor assemblies. General principles describing self-organization away from equilibrium…