Robophysics: Robotics Meets Physics III: Limbless & Collective Locomotion

Presentations

• Efficient sliding locomotion for two- and three-link bodies

  Invited

  March 18, 2021, 8:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Silas Alben

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Silas Alben

    • University of Michigan

  • Connor Puritz

    • University of Michigan

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• Terrestrial limbless gait selection through friction modulation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 8:36 AM – March 18, 2021, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Xiaotian Zhang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Xiaotian Zhang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Noel Naughton

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Tejaswin Parthasarathy

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Mattia Gazzola

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Nematode omega turns improve reorientation in a limbless robot

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 8:48 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Baxi Chong

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

  • Kelimar Diaz

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Julian Whitman

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Hang Lu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Daniel I Goldman

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

  • Howie Choset

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• A new robophysical model for limbless locomotion reveals the importance of passive dynamics in obstacle navigation.

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 9:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Marine Maisonneuve

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Marine Maisonneuve

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • PERRIN SCHIEBEL

    • Harvard
    • Harvard University
    • John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Kelimar Diaz

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech

  • Daniel I Goldman

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

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• Reconstruction of Backbone Curves for 3-D Locomotion of Limbless Robots

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 9:12 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Bo Lin

    • School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tianyu Wang

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Bo Lin

    • School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Baxi Chong

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

  • Julian Whitman

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Matthew Travers

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Daniel I Goldman

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

  • Howie Choset

    • Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Greg Blekherman

    • School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• A sensorized robot to study physical interaction in limbless locomotion in complex 3-D terrain

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 9:24 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Divya Ramesh

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Divya Ramesh

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Qiyuan Fu

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Kaiwen Wang

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Ratan Sadanand Othayoth Mullankandy

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Chen Li

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Nonlocal control of active agents on a deformable substrate

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Hussain Gynai

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Hussain Gynai

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Shengkai Li

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

  • Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Steven Tarr

    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Enes Aydin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Pablo Laguna

    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daniel I Goldman

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

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• Optimizing the Locomotion of a Robotic Active Matter System of Smarticles

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Annalisa Tulle Taylor

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Annalisa Tulle Taylor

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Thomas Alejandro Berrueta

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Todd D. Murphey

    • Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

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• Synchronized swimming: collisions drive gait compatibility in undulatory robots

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Wei Zhou

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Wei Zhou

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Jaquelin Dezha-Peralta

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Zhuonan Hao

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Nick Gravish

    • University of California, San Diego
    • UCSD

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• Emergent cooperation in ant-like robots

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Fabio Giardina

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Fabio Giardina

    • Harvard University

  • S Ganga Prasath

    • Harvard University

  • Souvik Mandal

    • Harvard University

  • Venkatesh Murthy

    • Harvard University

  • L. Mahadevan

    • Harvard University
    • John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• When the mob sees the light - distributed learning of phototaxis without local gradients using robot morphology

  ORAL

  March 18, 2021, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Matan Yah Ben Zion

    • Gulliver, ESPCI Paris
    • ESPCI Paris

  Authors

  • Matan Yah Ben Zion

    • Gulliver, ESPCI Paris
    • ESPCI Paris

  • Yoones Mirhosseini

    • ISIR, Sorbonne Universite

  • Nicolas Bredeche

    • ISIR, Sorbonne Universite

  • Olivier Dauchot

    • Laboratoire Gulliver, École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    • Gulliver, ESPCI Paris
    • ESPCI Paris
    • ESPCI
    • Gulliver Lab, UMR CNRS 7083, PSL Research University, ESPCI Paris 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France

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