2 papers
cs.ET2026
Mycoponically Integrated Network Device for Multimodal Sensing with Living Mycelial Networks
Zihan Oliver Zeng, David Marshall Porterfield, Upinder Kaur
Living mycelial filaments integrate chemical, optical, mechanical, thermal, and biological information via electrophysiological cellular trans-membrane potential. The challenge is…
cs.RO2026
VSL-Skin: Individually Addressable Phase-Change Voxel Skin for Variable-Stiffness and Virtual Joints Bridging Soft and Rigid Robots
Zihan Oliver Zeng, Jiajun An, Preston Luk +1
Soft robots are compliant but often cannot support loads or hold their shape, while rigid robots provide structural strength but are less adaptable. Existing variable-stiffness sys…