3 papers
cs.RO2023
Designing a Hair-Clip Inspired Bistable Mechanism for Soft Fish Robots
Zechen Xiong, Hod Lipson
The Hair clip mechanism (HCM) is an in-plane prestressed bistable mechanism proposed in our previous research [1]~[5] to enhance the functionality of soft robotics. HCMs have sever…
cs.RO2023
CarbonFish -- A Bistable Underactuated Compliant Fish Robot capable of High Frequency Undulation
Zechen Xiong, Zihan Guo, Mark Liu +2
The Hair Clip Mechanism HCM represents an innovative in plane prestressed bistable mechanism, as delineated in our preceding studies, devised to augment the functional prowess of s…
cs.RO2023
Accelerating Aquatic Soft Robots with Elastic Instability Effects
Zechen Xiong, Suyu Luohong, Jeong Hun Lee +1
Sinusoidal undulation has long been considered the most successful swimming pattern for fish and bionic aquatic robots [1]. However, a swimming pattern generated by the hair clip m…