3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Importance and methods to control, vary, and characterize mud strength for studying locomotion
Divya Ramesh, Gargi Sadalgekar, Qiyuan Fu +3
Animals and robots encounter mud at the water-land interface. Like sand, mud can stay solid or flow like a fluid. Unlike sand, the yield strength of mud at which solid-fluid transi…
cs.RO2026
Polymander II: an amphibious salamander-inspired robot with contact and flow sensors
Qiyuan Fu, Sudong Lee, Andrea Grillo +4
Robots benefit from sensory information to coordinate body movement, gain robustness against perturbations, and transition between different modes to adapt to various terrains. How…
cs.RO2026
Learning Whole-Body Control for a Salamander Robot
Mengze Tian, Qiyuan Fu, Chuanfang Ning +2
Amphibious legged robots inspired by salamanders are promising in applications in complex amphibious environments. However, despite the significant success of training controllers…