2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Three phases of odd robotic active matter
Fan Bo, Shiqi Liu, Zenghong He +8
Nonreciprocal interactions in active matter are known to generate exotic mechanical behaviors such as odd elasticity and odd viscosity. However, these phenomena have largely been s…
cs.RO2024
Grasping and Rolling In-plane Manipulation Using Deployable Tape spring Appendages
Gengzhi He, Curtis Sparks, Nicholas Gravish
Rigid multi-link robotic arms face a tradeoff between their overall reach distance (the workspace), and how compactly they can be collapsed (the storage volume). Increasing the wor…