Robophysics: Robotics Meets Physics

Presentations

• From Razor Clams to Robots: Drawing Engineering Inspiration from Natural Systems

  Invited

  March 5, 2018, 11:15 AM – March 5, 2018, 11:51 AM

  Presenters

  • Anette Hosoi

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Mechanical Engineering, MIT

  Authors

  • Anette Hosoi

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Mechanical Engineering, MIT

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• Validation of an Information Theoretic Measure of Locomotor Centralization Using Phase-Coupled Oscillator Models

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 11:51 AM – March 5, 2018, 12:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Amoolya Tirumalai

    • Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Amoolya Tirumalai

    • Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Izaak Neveln

    • Physics and Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Simon Sponberg

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics and Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Obstacle Modulation of Legged Robot Dynamics

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 12:03 PM – March 5, 2018, 12:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Feifei Qian

    • Univ of Penn
    • Univ of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Feifei Qian

    • Univ of Penn
    • Univ of Pennsylvania

  • Zhichao Liu

    • Univ of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel Koditschek

    • Univ of Pennsylvania

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• Measuring the Mechanical Coupling in Dynamic Locomotion to Inform Control

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 12:15 PM – March 5, 2018, 12:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Izaak Neveln

    • Physics and Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Izaak Neveln

    • Physics and Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Simon Sponberg

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics and Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Design and assembly of vasoconstriction-like flow regulators for micro channels applications

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 12:27 PM – March 5, 2018, 12:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Long Zhou

    • NPRE, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

  Authors

  • Long Zhou

    • NPRE, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

  • Yang Zhang

    • Univ of Illinois - Urbana
    • Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Univ of Illinois - Urbana
    • Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
    • NPRE, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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• Snake robot’s poor 3-D obstacle traversal reveals snake’s better stability mechanisms

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 12:39 PM – March 5, 2018, 12:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Qiyuan Fu

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Qiyuan Fu

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Thomas Mitchel

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Nansong Yi

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Sean Gart

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Chen Li

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Johns Hopkins Univ

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• Geometric Swimming with an Extensible Backbone

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 12:51 PM – March 5, 2018, 1:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Jacquelin Remaley

    • Oregon State Univ

  Authors

  • Jacquelin Remaley

    • Oregon State Univ

  • Ross Hatton

    • Oregon State Univ
    • Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CoRIS) Institute, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State, Oregon State University
    • Oregon State University

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• Collision-Induced Scattering of a Self-Propelled Slithering Robot

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 1:03 PM – March 5, 2018, 1:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Jennifer Rieser

    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  Authors

  • Jennifer Rieser

    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Perrin Schiebel

    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Arman Pazouki

    • Ca State LA

  • Feifei Qian

    • Univ of Penn
    • Univ of Pennsylvania

  • Zachary Goddard

    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Andrew Zangwill

    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Dan Negrut

    • Univ of Wisc Mad

  • Daniel Goldman

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • School of Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Repeated jumping of a single-legged robot on soft ground

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 1:15 PM – March 5, 2018, 1:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Paul Umbanhowar

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Univiversity

  Authors

  • Paul Umbanhowar

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Univiversity

  • Blake Strebel

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Univiversity

  • Daniel Lynch

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Univiversity

  • Kevin Lynch

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Univiversity

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• Legged Robots Change Locomotor Modes To Traverse 3-D Obstacles With Varied Stiffness

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 1:27 PM – March 5, 2018, 1:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Zhiyi Ren

    • Johns Hopkins Univ

  Authors

  • Zhiyi Ren

    • Johns Hopkins Univ

  • Ratan Sadanand Othayoth Mullankandy

    • Johns Hopkins Univ

  • Chen Li

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Johns Hopkins Univ

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• Modeling Multilegged Locomotion: the Friction Dominated Case

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 1:39 PM – March 5, 2018, 1:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Dan Zhao

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Dan Zhao

    • University of Michigan

  • Taesung Heo

    • University of Michigan

  • Shai Revzen

    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • Robotics, University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan

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• The importance of body-limb coordination in a walking tetrapod

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 1:51 PM – March 5, 2018, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Baxi Chong

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Baxi Chong

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Yasemin Ozkan aydin

    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer Rieser

    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Yunjin Wu

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Haosen Xing

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Howie Choset

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Daniel Goldman

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • School of Physics, Georgia Inst of Tech
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Geometric Gait Optimization

  ORAL

  March 5, 2018, 2:03 PM – March 5, 2018, 2:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Suresh Ramasamy

    • Oregon State Univ

  Authors

  • Suresh Ramasamy

    • Oregon State Univ

  • Ross Hatton

    • Oregon State Univ
    • Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CoRIS) Institute, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State, Oregon State University
    • Oregon State University

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