Surprising simplicities and syntheses in limbless self-propulsion in sand

The Geometry of Optimal Gaits for Drag-Dominated Kinematic Systems

(2019) Suresh Ramasamy et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Channeling vorticity: Modeling the filter-feeding mechanism in silver carp using μCT and 3D PIV

(2018) Karly E. Cohen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Geometrically optimal gaits: a data-driven approach

(2018) Brian Bittner et al.   NONLINEAR DYNAMICS

Hydrodynamics of linear acceleration in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

(2018) Tyler N. Wise et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ecological and phylogenetic variability in the spinalis muscle of snakes

(2017) J. L. Tingle et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

How the bending kinematics of swimming lampreys build negative pressure fields for suction thrust

(2016) Brad J. Gemmell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Intrusion rheology in grains and other flowable materials

(2016) Hesam Askari et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

Tail use improves performance on soft substrates in models of early vertebrate land locomotors

(2016) B. McInroe et al.   SCIENCE

Undulation frequency affects burial performance in living and model flatfishes

(2016) Amberle McKee et al.   ZOOLOGY

Beneath Our Feet: Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Media

(2015) A.E. Hosoi et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Nonconservativity and noncommutativity in locomotion

(2015) R.L. Hatton et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

Kinematic gait synthesis for snake robots

(2015) Chaohui Gong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

The role of the pericardium in the valveless, tubular heart of the tunicate Ciona savignyi

(2015) L. D. Waldrop et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The biomechanics of burrowing and boring

(2015) K. M. Dorgan   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Modulation of orthogonal body waves enables high maneuverability in sidewinding locomotion

(2015) Henry C. Astley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Razor clam to RoboClam: burrowing drag reduction mechanisms and their robotic adaptation

(2014) A G Winter et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Locomotor benefits of being a slender and slick sand swimmer

(2014) S. S. Sharpe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Colloquium: Biophysical principles of undulatory self-propulsion in granular media

(2014) Daniel I. Goldman   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes

(2014) H. Marvi et al.   SCIENCE

Friction behavior of a microstructured polymer surface inspired by snake skin

(2014) Martina J Baum et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Flipper-driven terrestrial locomotion of a sea turtle-inspired robot

(2013) Nicole Mazouchova et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Geometric Swimming at Low and High Reynolds Numbers

(2013) Ross L. Hatton et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Ground fluidization promotes rapid running of a lightweight robot

(2013) Tingnan Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Geometric Visualization of Self-Propulsion in a Complex Medium

(2013) Ross L. Hatton et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Emergence of the advancing neuromechanical phase in a resistive force dominated medium

(2013) Y. Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Terradynamics of Legged Locomotion on Granular Media

(2013) C. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental interaction influences muscle activation strategy during sand-swimming in the sandfish lizardScincus scincus

(2012) Sarah S. Sharpe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multi-functional foot use during running in the zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)

(2012) C. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mechanics of Undulatory Swimming in a Frictional Fluid

(2012) Yang Ding et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Undulatory swimming in sand: experimental and simulation studies of a robotic sandfish

(2011) Ryan D Maladen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Mechanical models of sandfish locomotion reveal principles of high performance subsurface sand-swimming

(2011) R. D. Maladen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Utilization of granular solidification during terrestrial locomotion of hatchling sea turtles

(2010) N. Mazouchova et al.   Biology Letters

Force and Flow Transition in Plowed Granular Media

(2010) Nick Gravish et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Interactions between internal forces, body stiffness, and fluid environment in a neuromechanical model of lamprey swimming

(2010) E. D. Tytell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of the drag force in an air-moderated granular bed

(2010) Theodore A. Brzinski III et al.   Soft Matter

The mechanics of slithering locomotion

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

Sensitive dependence of the motion of a legged robot on granular media

(2009) C. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Undulatory Swimming in Sand: Subsurface Locomotion of the Sandfish Lizard

(2009) R. D. Maladen et al.   SCIENCE

A geometric theory of swimming: Purcell's swimmer and its symmetrized cousin

(2008) J E Avron et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS