Elio Challita — accepted AI-conference papers

2025

Individual and Collective Behaviors in Soft Robot Worms Inspired by Living Worm Blobs

Carina Kaeser, Junghan Kwon, Elio Challita, Harry Tuazon, Robert J. Wood, Saad Bhamla +1

ICRA 2025

California blackworms constitute a recently identified animal system exhibiting unusual collective behaviors, in which dozens to thousands of worms entangle to form a “blob” capable of actions like locomotion as an aggregate. In this paper we describe a system of pneumatic soft robots inspired by th

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2025

Osmosis-Driven Large-Scale Actuation for Shape-Shifting Mechanisms

Elio Challita, Tony G. Chen, Rachel S. Zoll, Michelle C. Yuen, Robert J. Wood

IROS 2025

Osmosis-driven actuation offers a promising strategy for developing untethered, environmentally responsive soft and shape shifting mechanisms and robots. In this work, we explore the use of superabsorbent polymer (SAP) pellets as large-scale, shape-morphing actuators. Upon exposure to water, these a

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