4 accepted papers
This paper introduces FlipWalker, a novel under-actuated robot locomotion system inspired by Jacob’s Ladder illusion toy, designed to traverse challenging terrains where wheeled robots often struggle. Like the Jacob’s Ladder toy, Flip-Walker features two interconnected segments joined by flexible ca
Underwater swimming robots permit remote access to over 70% of the Earth's surface that is covered in water for a variety of scientific, environmental, tactical, or industrial purposes. Many practical applications for robots in this setting include sensing, monitoring, exploration, reconnaissance, o
In robotics, controlling the stiffness of the joints that contribute to the robots' degree of freedom dictates the adaptability, versatility, and safety of the whole system. We can achieve variable stiffness or impedance in a robotic system purely by the control or by introducing new material or mec
Vacuum-powered Soft Pneumatic Actuator (V-SPA) Modules have been described to afford advantages for rapid development of reconfigurable, multi-DoF soft pneumatic robots powered by vacuum by reducing their logistical complexity, however they also present new challenges in the control of resulting sys…