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The design and development of Branch Bot: a branch-crawling, caterpillar-inspired, soft robot by Rozen-Levy, Shane, Messner, William, Trimmer, Barry A

“…A soft climbing robot has the potential to access locations such as wiring ducts and tree canopies that are unreachable by humans and traditional rigid robots…”
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Stepping pattern changes in the caterpillar Manduca sexta : the effects of orientation and substrate by Metallo, Cinzia, Mukherjee, Ritwika, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Most animals can successfully travel across cluttered, uneven environments and cope with enormous changes in surface friction, deformability and stability…”
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The neuromechanics of proleg grip release by Mukherjee, Ritwika, Vaughn, Samuel, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Because soft animals are deformable their locomotion is particularly affected by external forces and they are expected to face challenges controlling movements…”
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A virtuous cycle between invertebrate and robotics research: perspective on a decade of Living Machines research by Mangan, Michael, Floreano, Dario, Yasui, Kotaro, Trimmer, Barry A, Gravish, Nick, Hauert, Sabine, Webb, Barbara, Manoonpong, Poramate, Szczecinski, Nicholas

“…Many invertebrates are ideal model systems on which to base robot design principles due to their success in solving seemingly complex tasks across domains…”
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The substrate as a skeleton: ground reaction forces from a soft-bodied legged animal by Lin, Huai Ti, Trimmer, Barry A

“…The measurement of forces generated during locomotion is essential for the development of accurate mechanical models of animal movements. However, animals that…”
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Gait control in a soft robot by sensing interactions with the environment using self-deformation by Umedachi, Takuya, Kano, Takeshi, Ishiguro, Akio, Trimmer, Barry A.

“…All animals use mechanosensors to help them move in complex and changing environments. With few exceptions, these sensors are embedded in soft tissues that…”
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Orientation-dependent changes in single motor neuron activity during adaptive soft-bodied locomotion by Metallo, Cinzia, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Recent major advances in understanding the organizational principles underlying motor control have focused on a small number of animal species with stiff…”
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Isolation and maintenance-free culture of contractile myotubes from Manduca sexta embryos by Baryshyan, Amanda L, Woods, William, Trimmer, Barry A, Kaplan, David L

“…Skeletal muscle tissue engineering has the potential to treat tissue loss and degenerative diseases. However, these systems are also applicable for a variety…”
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A new bi-axial cantilever beam design for biomechanics force measurements by Lin, Huai-Ti, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Abstract The demand for measuring forces exerted by animals during locomotion has increased dramatically as biomechanists strive to understand and implement…”
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Scaling of caterpillar body properties and its biomechanical implications for the use of a hydrostatic skeleton by Lin, Huai-Ti, Slate, Daniel J, Paetsch, Christopher R, Dorfmann, A Luis, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Caterpillars can increase their body mass 10,000-fold in 2 weeks. It is therefore remarkable that most caterpillars appear to maintain the same locomotion…”
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Characterization of a rapid avoidance behavior in Manduca sexta larvae in response to noxious stimuli by Kondakath, Gayathri, Trimmer, Barry A

“…This study focuses on the nociceptive responses observed in the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta). While prior investigations have described the sensory neurons…”
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Visceral-Locomotory Pistoning in Crawling Caterpillars by Simon, Michael A., Woods, William A., Serebrenik, Yevgeniy V., Simon, Sharotka M., van Griethuijsen, Linnea I., Socha, John J., Lee, Wah-Keat, Trimmer, Barry A.

“…Animals with an open coelom do not fully constrain internal tissues [1–3], and changes in tissue or organ position during body movements cannot be readily…”
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Spatial accuracy of a rapid defense behavior in caterpillars by van Griethuijsen, Linnea I, Banks, Kelly M, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Aimed movements require that an animal accurately locates the target and correctly reaches that location. One such behavior is the defensive strike seen in…”
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Movement encoding by a stretch receptor in the soft-bodied caterpillar, Manduca sexta by Simon, Michael A, Trimmer, Barry A

“…In a wide variety of animals, stretch receptors provide proprioceptive feedback for motion control. However, for animals that lack a stiff skeleton, it is…”
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Soft-cuticle biomechanics: A constitutive model of anisotropy for caterpillar integument by Lin, Huai-Ti, Dorfmann, A. Luis, Trimmer, Barry A.

“…The mechanical properties of soft tissues are important for the control of motion in many invertebrates. Pressurized cylindrical animals such as worms have…”
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Local and generalized sensitization of thermally evoked defensive behavior in caterpillars by Mukherjee, Ritwika, Trimmer, Barry A.

“…In addition to camouflage and chemical toxicity, many caterpillars defend themselves against predators with sudden sharp movements. For smaller species, these…”
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Modeling locomotion of a soft-bodied arthropod using inverse dynamics by Saunders, Frank, Trimmer, Barry A, Rife, Jason

“…Most bio-inspired robots have been based on animals with jointed, stiff skeletons. There is now an increasing interest in mimicking the robust performance of…”
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Functional annotation of insecta transcriptomes: A cautionary tale from Lepidoptera by McCartney, Naya, Kondakath, Gayathri, Tai, Albert, Trimmer, Barry A

“…Functional annotation is a critical step in the analysis of genomic data, as it provides insight into the function of individual genes and the pathways in…”
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New Challenges in Biorobotics: Incorporating Soft Tissue into Control Systems by Trimmer, Barry A

“…The development of truly biomimetic robots requires that soft materials be incorporated into the mechanical design and also used as an integral part of the…”
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Muscle performance in a soft-bodied terrestrial crawler: constitutive modelling of strain-rate dependency by A. Luis Dorfmann, William A Woods, Jr, Barry A Trimmer

“…Manduca sexta…”
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