3 papers
cs.RO2026
Cycle-resolved Cephalopod-Inspired Pulsed-Jet Robot With High-Volume Expulsion and Drag-Reduced Gliding
Yiyuan Zhang, Anye Zhong, Junkai Chen +1
Cephalopod pulsed-jet locomotion is not a single isolated expulsion event, but a coordinated cycle involving jet expulsion, passive gliding, and mantle refilling. Inspired by this…
cs.RO2026
Shape Control of a Planar Hyper-Redundant Robot via Hybrid Kinematics-Informed and Learning-based Approach
Yuli Song, Wenbo Li, Wenci Xin +3
Hyper-redundant robots offer high dexterity, making them good at operating in confined and unstructured environments. To extend the reachable workspace, we built a multi-segment fl…
cs.RO2026
Octopus-like Reaching Motion: A Perspective Inspired by Whipping
Shengyao Zhang, Yiyuan Zhang, Chenrui Zhang +5
The stereotypical reaching motion of the octopus arm has drawn growing attention for its efficient control of a highly deformable body. Previous studies suggest that its characteri…