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Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot by Jayaram, Kaushik, Full, Robert J.

“…Jointed exoskeletons permit rapid appendage-driven locomotion but retain the soft-bodied, shape-changing ability to explore confined environments. We…”
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Design of CLARI: A Miniature Modular Origami Passive Shape‐Morphing Robot by Kabutz, Heiko, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Miniature robots provide unprecedented access to confined environments and show potential for applications such as search‐and‐rescue and high‐value asset…”
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Spider‐Inspired Electrohydraulic Actuators for Fast, Soft‐Actuated Joints by Kellaris, Nicholas, Rothemund, Philipp, Zeng, Yi, Mitchell, Shane K., Smith, Garrett M., Jayaram, Kaushik, Keplinger, Christoph

“…The impressive locomotion and manipulation capabilities of spiders have led to a host of bioinspired robotic designs aiming to reproduce their functionalities;…”
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Strength-mass scaling law governs mass distribution inside honey bee swarms by Shishkov, Olga, Chen, Claudia, Madonna, Claire Allison, Jayaram, Kaushik, Peleg, Orit

“…To survive during colony reproduction, bees create dense clusters of thousands of suspended individuals. How does this swarm, which is orders of magnitude…”
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Transition by head-on collision: mechanically mediated manoeuvres in cockroaches and small robots by Jayaram, Kaushik, Mongeau, Jean-Michel, Mohapatra, Anand, Birkmeyer, Paul, Fearing, Ronald S., Full, Robert J.

“…Exceptional performance is often considered to be elegant and free of ‘errors’ or missteps. During the most extreme escape behaviours, neural control can…”
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Rapid Fabrication of Low-Cost Thermal Bubble-Driven Micro-Pumps by Hayes, Brandon, Smith, Lawrence, Kabutz, Heiko, Hayes, Austin C., Whiting, Gregory L., Jayaram, Kaushik, MacCurdy, Robert

“…Thermal bubble-driven micro-pumps are an upcoming actuation technology that can be directly integrated into micro/mesofluidic channels to displace fluid…”
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Neural dynamics of robust legged robots by Rush, Eugene R, Heckman, Christoffer, Jayaram, Kaushik, Humbert, J Sean

“…Legged robot control has improved in recent years with the rise of deep reinforcement learning, however, much of the underlying neural mechanisms remain…”
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Don’t Get Eaten! Understanding and Handling Cannibalization Risk by Mason, Charlotte, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…To minimize the potential loss of market share and profits, it is important to understand factors that drive cannibalization. Key brand variables for…”
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Scaling analysis of thermal bubble-driven micro-pumps from micro-scale to meso-scale by Hayes, Brandon, Jayaram, Kaushik, MacCurdy, Robert

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Design of CLARI: A Miniature Modular Origami Passive Shape‐Morphing Robot by Kabutz, Heiko, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Legged Soft Robots Featured here is CLARI, Compliant Legged Articulated Robotic Insect, a 2.59 g, 3.4 cm long, modular origami robot capable of passive shape…”
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Moving in an Uncertain World: Robust and Adaptive Control of Locomotion from Organisms to Machine Intelligence by Mongeau, Jean-Michel, Yang, Yu, Escalante, Ignacio, Cowan, Noah, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Whether walking, running, slithering, or flying, organisms display a remarkable ability to move through complex and uncertain environments. In particular,…”
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A streamlined fabrication process for high energy density piezoelectric bending actuators by Jafferis, Noah T., Jayaram, Kaushik, York, Peter A., Wood, Robert J.

“…Fabrication of high-performance actuators is often a bottle-neck in the creation of microrobots. In this work, we present a new approach to piezoelectric…”
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Femtosecond Laser Fabricated Nitinol Living Hinges for Millimeter-Sized Robots by Hedrick, Alexander, Kabutz, Heiko, Smith, Lawrence, MacCurdy, Robert, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Nitinol is a smart material that can be used as an actuator, a sensor, or a structural element, and has the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities…”
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Characterization of organic fouling on thermal bubble-driven micro-pumps by Hayes, Brandon, Murphy, Cillian, Marquez Rubio, Janeth, Solis, Daimean, Jayaram, Kaushik, MacCurdy, Robert

“…Thermal bubble-driven micro-pumps are an upcoming micro-actuator technology that can be directly integrated into micro/mesofluidic channels, have no moving…”
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Mechanosensory Control of Locomotion in Animals and Robots: Moving Forward by Dallmann, Chris J, Dickerson, Bradley H, Simpson, Julie H, Wyart, Claire, Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Synopsis While animals swim, crawl, walk, and fly with apparent ease, building robots capable of robust locomotion remains a significant challenge. In this…”
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Effective locomotion at multiple stride frequencies using proprioceptive feedback on a legged microrobot by Doshi, Neel, Jayaram, Kaushik, Castellanos, Samantha, Kuindersma, Scott, Wood, Robert J

“…Limitations in actuation, sensing, and computation have forced small legged robots to rely on carefully tuned, mechanically mediated leg trajectories for…”
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Gait studies for a quadrupedal microrobot reveal contrasting running templates in two frequency regimes by Goldberg, Benjamin, Doshi, Neel, Jayaram, Kaushik, Wood, Robert J

“…Performance metrics such as speed, cost of transport, and stability are the driving factors behind gait selection in legged locomotion. To help understand the…”
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A Fabrication Strategy for Reconfigurable Millimeter‐Scale Metamaterials by McClintock, Hayley D., Doshi, Neel, Iniguez‐Rabago, Agustin, Weaver, James C., Jafferis, Noah T., Jayaram, Kaushik, Wood, Robert J., Overvelde, Johannes T. B.

“…Rather than depending on material composition to primarily dictate performance metrics, metamaterials can leverage geometry to achieve specific properties of…”
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mCLARI: A Shape-Morphing Insect-Scale Robot Capable of Omnidirectional Terrain-Adaptive Locomotion in Laterally Confined Spaces by Kabutz, Heiko, Hedrick, Alexander, McDonnell, William P., Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Soft compliant microrobots have the potential to deliver significant societal impact when deployed in applications such as search and rescue. In this research…”
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Geometrically Modulable Gait Design for Quadrupeds by Prasad, Hari Krishna Hari, Hatton, Ross L., Jayaram, Kaushik

“…Miniature-legged robots are constrained by their onboard computation and control, thus motivating the need for simple, first-principles-based geometric models…”
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