Insect-scale fast moving and ultrarobust soft robot

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

A bioinspired multilegged soft millirobot that functions in both dry and wet conditions

(2018) Haojian Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Fundamentals of soft robot locomotion

(2017) M. Calisti et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Smart wing rotation and trailing-edge vortices enable high frequency mosquito flight

(2017) Richard J. Bomphrey et al.   NATURE

Multiple-degrees-of-freedom dielectric elastomer actuators for soft printable hexapod robot

(2017) Canh Toan Nguyen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Fast-moving soft electronic fish

(2017) Tiefeng Li et al.   Science Advances

A general scaling law reveals why the largest animals are not the fastest

(2017) Myriam R. Hirt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Exceptional running and turning performance in a mite

(2016) Samuel Rubin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot

(2016) Kaushik Jayaram et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A review on locomotion robophysics: the study of movement at the intersection of robotics, soft matter and dynamical systems

(2016) Jeffrey Aguilar et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Construction of a Fish-like Robot Based on High Performance Graphene/PVDF Bimorph Actuation Materials

(2016) Peishuang Xiao et al.   Advanced Science

Walking and running in the desert ant Cataglyphis fortis

(2015) Verena Wahl et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

High speed locomotion for a quadrupedal microrobot

(2014) Andrew T. Baisch et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Level locomotion in wood ants: evidence for grounded running

(2014) L. Reinhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Magnetic Assembly of Soft Robots with Hard Components

(2013) Sen W. Kwok et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electro-actuated hydrogel walkers with dual responsive legs

(2013) Daniel Morales et al.   Soft Matter

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bioinspired Hygromorphic Actuator Exhibiting Controlled Locomotion

(2013) Sang-Wook Lee et al.   ACS Macro Letters

GoQBot: a caterpillar-inspired soft-bodied rolling robot

(2011) Huai-Ti Lin et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

The First Launch of an Autonomous Thrust-Driven Microrobot Using Nanoporous Energetic Silicon

(2011) Wayne A. Churaman et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Shaking a leg and hot to trot: the effects of body size and temperature on running speed in ants

(2010) ALLEN H. HURLBERT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Kinematic evidence for superfast locomotory muscle in two species of teneriffiid mites

(2010) G. C. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thermally Actuated Omnidirectional Walking Microrobot

(2010) E Yegân Erdem et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Elastic structures in the back and their rôle in galloping in some mammals

(2010) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A comparison of the energetics of foraging of three species of Leptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

(2010) F. D. DUNCAN et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Fast locomotion of some African ungulates

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Allometry of the limbs of antelopes (Bovidae)*

(2009) R. McN. Alexander   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY