A study of snake-like locomotion through the analysis of a flexible robot model

Eshelby-like forces acting on elastic structures: Theoretical and experimental proof

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One-dimensional swimmers in viscous fluids: dynamics, controllability, and existence of optimal controls

(2014) Gianni Dal Maso et al.   ESAIM-CONTROL OPTIMISATION AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS

Anisotropic Friction of the Ventral Scales in the Snake Lampropeltis getula californiae

(2014) Martina J. Baum et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Optimally swimming stokesian robots

(2013) Benoît Merlet et al.   DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B

Crawlers in viscous environments: Linear vs non-linear rheology

(2013) A. DeSimone et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

An actuated elastic sheet interacting with passive and active structures in a viscoelastic fluid

(2013) J. C. Chrispell et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A 3D steady-state model of a tendon-driven continuum soft manipulator inspired by the octopus arm

(2012) F Renda et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Dynamics of Elastic Rods in Perfect Friction Contact

(2012) François Gay-Balmaz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Macrocontinuous Dynamics for Hyperredundant Robots: Application to Kinematic Locomotion Bioinspired by Elongated Body Animals

(2011) Frédéric Boyer et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

An Existence and Uniqueness Result for the Motion of Self-Propelled Microswimmers

(2011) Gianni Dal Maso et al.   SIAM JOURNAL ON MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

A Geometrically Exact Model for Externally Loaded Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots

(2010) D. Caleb Rucker et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae)

(2009) R. A. Berthé et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

The mechanics of slithering locomotion

(2009) D. L. Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geometrically Exact Models for Soft Robotic Manipulators

(2008) D. Trivedi et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Limbless undulatory propulsion on land

(2008) Z. V. Guo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research

(2008) Deepak Trivedi et al.   Applied Bionics and Biomechanics