3 papers
cs.RO2026
Printed helicoids with embedded air channels make sensorized segments for soft continuum robots
Annan Zhang, Hanna Matusik, Miguel Flores-Acton +3
Soft robots enable safe, adaptive interaction with complex environments but remain difficult to sense and control due to their highly deformable structures. Architected soft materi…
cs.RO2026
Autonomous Sea Turtle Robot for Marine Fieldwork
Zach J. Patterson, Emily Sologuren, Levi Cai +4
Autonomous robots can transform how we observe marine ecosystems, but close-range operation in reefs and other cluttered habitats remains difficult. Vehicles must maneuver safely n…
cs.RO2025
Design of Trimmed Helicoid Soft-Rigid Hybrid Robots
Zach J. Patterson, Emily R. Sologuren, Daniela Rus
As soft robot design matures, researchers have converged to sophisticated design paradigms to enable the development of more suitable platforms. Two such paradigms are soft-rigid h…