3 papers
cs.RO2026
A Reduced Order Model for Emergent Mechanics in Woven Systems
Anvay A. Pradhan, Evgueni T. Filipov, Talia Y. Moore
Woven structures exhibit rich mechanical behaviors including anisotropic stiffness, shear-induced locking, and crimp interchange that emerge purely from the geometric arrangement o…
cs.RO2024
TALE-teller: Tendon-Actuated Linked Element Robotic Testbed for Investigating Tail Functions
Margaret J. Zhang, Anvay A. Pradhan, Zachary Brei +6
Tails serve various functions in both robotics and biology, including expression, grasping, and defense. The vertebrate tails associated with these functions exhibit diverse patter…
cs.RO2024
Jointed Tails Enhance Control of Three-dimensional Body Rotation
Xun Fu, Bohao Zhang, Ceri J. Weber +3
Tails used as inertial appendages induce body rotations of animals and robots, a phenomenon that is governed largely by the ratio of the body and tail moments of inertia. However,…