Organismal solutions to natural challenges can spark creative engineering applications.
However, most engineers are not experts in organismal biology, creating a potential barrier …

A non-wheeled snake robot can propel itself by pushing against obstacles. This is called
obstacle-aided locomotion. To expand the exploration range of a snake robot using this …

Robotic spacecrafts have helped expand the reach for many planetary exploration missions.
Most ground mobile planetary exploration robots use wheeled or modified wheeled …

We optimize three-dimensional snake kinematics for locomotor efficiency. We assume a
general space-curve representation of the snake backbone with small-to-moderate lifting off …

Snake robots can use numerous joints to move in various manners. One of them is the
obstacle-aided locomotion, a method in which a robot moves by pushing obstacles. In our …

Snakes can bend their elongate bodies in various forms to traverse various environments.
We understand well how snakes use lateral body bending to push against asperities on flat …

Snake moves across various terrains by bending its elongated body. Recent studies
discovered that snakes can use vertical bending to traverse terrain of large height variation …

Snakes are one of the most successful and speciose extant reptiles on the planet. Despite
this success, our knowledge of their biomechanics, musculature, and locomotion in these …

As mobile robots become increasingly prevalent in society, there is a need to design robots
to be robust to deployment in natural terrain environments. Natural environments feature …