Origami/kirigami robotics are opening a path that leads to lightweight, compact, and
expandable robots. However, it is generally challenging to design agile motions for …

Inspired by turtle locomotion, a novel type of robot with flippers actuated by antagonistic
shape memory alloy (SMA) springs is presented that can crawl based on two different …

Soft robots made of flexible materials are highly adaptive, easy to fabricate, and safer to
interact with. One of the ways for soft robots to interact with the surrounding environment is …

Soft robots-due to their intrinsic flexibility of the body-can adaptively navigate unstructured
environments. One of the most popular locomotion gaits that has been implemented in soft …

This proposed device uses a single actuator to transition a bistable constrained compliant
beam to generate undulatory motion. Undulatory locomotion is a unique form of swimming …

Lightweight structures composed of thin members tend to bend rather than stretch. This
characteristic makes them susceptible to elastic instability, commonly observed in structural …