3 papers
cs.RO2026
Parallel Simulation of Contact and Actuation for Soft Growing Robots
Yitian Gao, Lucas Chen, Priyanka Bhovad +3
Soft growing robots, commonly referred to as vine robots, have demonstrated remarkable ability to interact safely and robustly with unstructured and dynamic environments. It is the…
cs.RO2025
Physics-Grounded Differentiable Simulation for Soft Growing Robots
Lucas Chen, Yitian Gao, Sicheng Wang +3
Soft-growing robots (i.e., vine robots) are a promising class of soft robots that allow for navigation and growth in tightly confined environments. However, these robots remain cha…
cs.RO2024
Anisotropic Stiffness and Programmable Actuation for Soft Robots Enabled by an Inflated Rotational Joint
Sicheng Wang, Eugenio Frias-Miranda, Antonio Alvarez Valdivia +1
Soft robots are known for their ability to perform tasks with great adaptability, enabled by their distributed, non-uniform stiffness and actuation. Bending is the most fundamental…