4 papers
Dynamic Modeling and Robust Gait Optimization of a Compliant Worm Robot
Xinyu Zhou, Yu Mei, Faith Thomson +3
Worm-inspired robots provide an effective locomotion strategy for constrained environments by combining cyclic body deformation with alternating anchoring. For compliant robots, ho…
Direct Data-Driven Predictive Control for a Three-dimensional Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm
Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, Dong Chen +3
Soft robots offer significant advantages in safety and adaptability, yet achieving precise and dynamic control remains a major challenge due to their inherently complex and nonline…
A Novel Modular Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm with Multi-Segment Reconfigurability
Moeen Ul Islam, Cheng Ouyang, Xinda Qi +3
This paper presents a novel, modular, cable-driven soft robotic arm featuring multi-segment reconfigurability. The proposed architecture enables a stackable system with independent…
DiSA-IQL: Offline Reinforcement Learning for Robust Soft Robot Control under Distribution Shifts
Linjin He, Xinda Qi, Dong Chen +2
Soft snake robots offer remarkable flexibility and adaptability in complex environments, yet their control remains challenging due to highly nonlinear dynamics. Existing model-base…