Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot

SBOR: a minimalistic soft self-burrowing-out robot inspired by razor clams

(2020) Junliang "Julian" Tao et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Penetration and performance testing of the HP³ Mole for the InSight Mars mission

(2019) T. Wippermann et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Passive Morphological Adaptation for Obstacle Avoidance in a Self-Growing Robot Produced by Additive Manufacturing

(2019) Ali Sadeghi et al.   Soft Robotics

Horizontal directional drilling: State-of-the-art review of theory and applications

(2018) Xufeng Yan et al.   TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE TECHNOLOGY

The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft and the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM)

(2018) E. B. Bierhaus et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

An experimental study of ultrasonic vibration and the penetration of granular material

(2017) David Firstbrook et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Toward Self-Growing Soft Robots Inspired by Plant Roots and Based on Additive Manufacturing Technologies

(2017) Ali Sadeghi et al.   Soft Robotics

Low-resistive vibratory penetration in granular media

(2017) Baptiste Darbois Texier et al.   PLoS One

Analysis of drill head designs for dual-reciprocating drilling technique in planetary regoliths

(2015) Craig Pitcher et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Liquid sand burrowing and mucus utilisation as novel adaptations to a structurally-simple environment in Octopus kaurnaStranks, 1990

(2015) Jasper Montana et al.   BEHAVIOUR

The biomechanics of burrowing and boring

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

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

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

Underground localization using dual magnetic field sequence measurement and pose graph SLAM for directional drilling

(2014) Byeolteo Park et al.   MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

The effectiveness of resistive force theory in granular locomotion

(2014) Tingnan Zhang et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Lift forces in granular media

(2014) François Guillard et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

A Novel Growing Device Inspired by Plant Root Soil Penetration Behaviors

(2014) Ali Sadeghi et al.   PLoS One

Internal Fluidization in Granular Soils

(2013) M. O. A. Alsaydalani et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Lift and drag in intruders moving through hydrostatic granular media at high speeds

(2013) Fabricio Q. Potiguar et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A Terradynamics of Legged Locomotion on Granular Media

(2013) C. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Measurement-While-Drilling Instrument Based on Predigested Inertial Measurement Unit

(2012) Zhang Yanshun et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT

Localized fluidization burrowing mechanics ofEnsis directus

(2012) Amos G. Winter et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Development and testing of the pneumatic lunar drill for the emplacement of the corner cube reflector on the Moon

(2012) K. Zacny et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

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

Lift and drag forces on an inclined plow moving over a granular surface

(2011) Baptiste Percier et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Drag Induced Lift in Granular Media

(2011) Yang Ding et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

CRABOT: A Biomimetic Burrowing Robot Designed for Underground Chemical Source Location

(2010) R. Andrew Russell   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Undulatory Swimming in Sand: Subsurface Locomotion of the Sandfish Lizard

(2009) R. D. Maladen et al.   SCIENCE

Capstan equation including bending rigidity and non-linear frictional behavior

(2007) Jae Ho Jung et al.   MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY