Madhu Vadali — accepted AI-conference papers

2026

Bio-Inspired Rolling-Disk Continuum Robot: Logarithmic Spiral and Constant Curvature Design with Contraction Capabilities

Md Modassir Firdaus, Vikranth Mallru, Harsh Malodia, Madhu Vadali

ICRA 2026poster

Soft robotics draws inspiration from biological appendages like seahorse tails, octopus arms, and elephant trunks, which demonstrate remarkable flexibility and diverse functionalities. While advances in soft robotics have enabled delicate manipulation, safe human interaction, and medical application…

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2026

Thinking Through the Hands: An Exploratory Study of Hand Movements to Assess Students Problem-Solving in Mechanistic Reasoning Tasks

Harshil Safi, Megha Bansal, Madhu Vadali, Barbara Bruno, Aditi Kothiyal

AAAI 2026technical

Theories of embodied learning emphasize that learning processes are grounded in bodily actions and interactions with the environment, suggesting that movements play a fundamental role in problem solving, decision making, and learning. This perspective holds particular relevance for making-based lear

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