294 citations · 294 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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physics.bio-ph2014★ 294 cited
Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes
Hamidreza Marvi, Chaohui Gong, Nick Gravish +7
Limbless organisms such as snakes can navigate nearly all terrain. In particular, desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes) operate effectively on inclined granul…
cond-mat.soft2012
Entangled granular media
Nick Gravish, Scott V. Franklin, David L. Hu +1
We study the geometrically induced cohesion of ensembles of granular "u-particles" which mechanically entangle through particle interpenetration. We vary the length-to-width ratio…