This review focuses on how the modeling of dense granular media has advanced over the
last 15 years. The jumping-off point of our review is the μ (I) rheology for dry granular flow …

A flexible spine is critical to the motion capability of most animals and plays a pivotal role in
their agility. Although state-of-the-art legged robots have already achieved very dynamic and …

Although typically possessing four limbs and short bodies, lizards have evolved diverse
morphologies, including elongate trunks with tiny limbs. Such forms are hypothesized to aid …

Miniature robots provide unprecedented access to confined environments and show
potential for applications such as search‐and‐rescue and high‐value asset inspection. The …

Locomotion is typically studied either in continuous media where bodies and legs
experience forces generated by the flowing medium or on solid substrates dominated by …

Serially connected robots are promising candidates for performing tasks in confined spaces
such as search and rescue in large-scale disasters. Such robots are typically limbless, and …

Contact planning is crucial to the locomotion performance of robots: to properly self-propel
forward, it is not only important to determine the sequence of internal shape changes (eg …

Limbless robots have the potential to maneuver through cluttered environments that
conventional robots cannot traverse. As illustrated in their biological counterparts such as …

Contact planning is crucial to the locomotion per-formance of limbless robots. Typically, the
pattern by which contact is made and broken between the mechanism and its environment …

With the advantages of high flexibility, strong adaptability, etc., the legged robot can help
humans to complete numerous complicated tasks. In this paper, a kind of reconfigurable …