3 papers
cs.CE2026
Automated design of soft-rigid hybrid robots for dynamic locomotion
Hiroki Kobayashi, Yuki Takaha, Changyoung Yuhn +4
Rigid-bodied robots often lack compliance needed to adapt to unstructured environments, while fully soft robots, though highly adaptable, struggle with scalability and load capacit…
cs.CE2024
Computational synthesis of locomotive soft robots by topology optimization
Hiroki Kobayashi, Farzad Gholami, S. Macrae Montgomery +7
Locomotive soft robots (SoRos) have gained prominence due to their adaptability. Traditional locomotive SoRo design is based on limb structures inspired by biological organisms and…
cs.CE2024
Computational co-design of structure and feedback controller for locomoting soft robots
Yuki Sato, Changyoung Yuhn, Hiroki Kobayashi +2
Soft robots have gained significant attention due to their flexibility and safety, particularly in human-centric applications. The co-design of structure and controller in soft rob…