Robophysics: Robotics Meets Physics III: Limbless & Collective Locomotion

Presentations

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

  Invited

  March 18, 2021, 9:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:36 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, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2021, 9:48 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, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:00 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, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:12 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, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:24 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, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:36 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, 10:36 AM – March 18, 2021, 10:48 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, 10:48 AM – March 18, 2021, 11:00 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, 11:00 AM – March 18, 2021, 11:12 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, 11:12 AM – March 18, 2021, 11:24 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, 11:24 AM – March 18, 2021, 11:36 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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