Rough terrain locomotion has remained one of the most challenging mobility questions. In
2022, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program invited US academic …

Unstructured environments call for versatile robots with adaptable morphology that can
perform multiple goal-directed actions including locomotion in confined spaces …

In this paper we put forward the idea of deforming the geometry of a parallel mechanism
such that it can operate either as an equivalent rolling robot or quadruped robot. Based on it …

This paper proposes a novel morphological modular robot that is capable of switching
multiple directions and rolling locomotion. The mechanism of the robot resembles a …

The purpose of this paper is to put forward a novel deformable tetrahedron rolling
mechanism (DTRM). This new reconfigurable mobile mechanism with the external …

In this paper, a rolling mechanism constructed by a spatial 8-bar linkage is proposed. The
eight links are connected with eight revolute joints, forming a single closed-loop with two …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an agile assistant robot to be used as a
mobile partner with two rotational motions and one translational motion. This robot …

This paper presents a novel deformable mobile robot with five degrees of freedom (DOFs).
The robot contains two equivalent expandable triangular platforms connected by three …

This study presents two kinds of rolling robots that are able to roll by deforming their outer
shapes with a single degree of freedom. Each robot is an essential multi-loop planar …

In this paper, a novel multi-loop-coupled mechanism of three degrees of freedom (DOFs)
with a rhombohedron shape is presented. The mechanism is composed of six identical …