Soft is a relative term. Its scope includes the extreme of viscoelastic materials that exhibit
both liquid-like and solid-like properties depending on loading conditions. Such …

Moving in an unstructured environment such as soil requires approaches that are
constrained by the physics of this complex medium and can ensure energy efficiency and …

Estimates based on the strength, size, and shape of the Atlantic razor clam (Ensis directus)
indicate that the animal's burrow depth should be physically limited to a few centimeters; yet …

This paper presents a robotic anchoring module, a sensorized mechanism for attachment to
the environment that can be integrated into robots to enable or enhance various functions …

Modelling interaction forces as bodies intrude into granular media is a longstanding
challenge in the design and control of machines that navigate and manipulate these highly …

The production of bioinspired and biomimetic constructs has fostered much collaboration
between biologists and engineers, although the extent of biological accuracy employed in …

Shark skin has been an inspiration for biomimetic materials and structures due to its role in
reducing drag and enhancing thrust, properties believed to be due to the textured surface …

Animals like the sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus) that live in desert sand locomote on and
within a granular medium whose resistance to intrusion is dominated by frictional forces …

Amphibious environments formed from sand and water present a formidable challenge to
the running motion of field robots, as the mixing of granular media (GM) and water makes …

This paper describes the bioinspiration process to derive design concepts for new deep
foundation systems that have greater axial capacity per unit volume of pile material …