Publications

Y. Jiang, F. Chen and D. M. Aukes, “Tunable Dynamic Walking via Soft Twisted Beam Vibration,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1967-1974, April 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3244716.

M. Jiang, Q. Yu and N. Gravish, "Vacuum induced tube pinching enables reconfigurable flexure joints with controllable bend axis and stiffness," 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2021, pp. 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft51838.2021.9479201

M. Jiang, Q. Yu and N. Gravish, "Reconfigurable laminates enable multifunctional robotic building blocks," in Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 035005, Feb. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/abdc3f

Jiang, M., Song, R., & Gravish, N. "Knuckles that buckle: compliant underactuated limbs with joint hysteresis enable minimalist terrestrial robots". in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9341618

Yu, Q., Jiang, M., & Gravish, N. "Flexoskeleton Fingers: 3D Printed Reconfigurable Ridges Enabling Multi-Functional and Low-Cost Underactuated Grasping". in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(2), 2021.

Jiang, M., Zhou, Z., & Gravish, N. "Flexoskeleton Printing Enables Versatile Fabrication of Hybrid Soft and Rigid Robots". Soft Robotics, 2020.

Sparks, C., Justus, N., Hatton, R., & Gravish, N. "Amoeba-inspired swimming through isoperimetric modulation of body shape". in review at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.

M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang and D. M. Aukes, "Reconfigurable Curved Beams for Selectable Swimming Gaits in an Underwater Robot," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3437-3444, April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2021.3063961

M. Sharifzadeh and D. M. Aukes, "Curvature-Induced Buckling for Flapping-Wing Vehicles," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 503-514, Feb. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3034659

Y. Jiang, M. Sharifzadeh and D. M. Aukes, "Shape Change Propagation Through Soft Curved Materials for Dynamically-Tuned Paddling Robots," 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2021, pp. 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft51838.2021.9479208

Y. Jiang, M. Sharifzadeh and D. M. Aukes, "Reconfigurable Soft Flexure Hinges via Pinched Tubes," 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020, pp. 8843-8850. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341109

P. Bupe, D.J. Jackson, C.K. Harnett, "Electronically Reconfigurable Virtual Joints by Shape Memory Alloy-Induced Buckling of Curved Sheets, Proc. IEEE SoutheastCon 2022, 2022: pp. 598–604. https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon48659.2022.9763962.

M. Portaro, R. Brittany, C. Harnett, "Characterizing the pressure response of microstructured materials for soft optical skins," MRS Advances. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-022-00281-8.

J.-T. Lin, C. Newquist, C.K. Harnett, "Multitouch pressure sensing with soft optical time-of-flight sensors," IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 71 (2022) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2022.3141159.

R. Uppal, K. Ajjarapu, K. Kate, C.K. Harnett, "Low attenuation soft and stretchable elastomeric optical waveguides" Mater. Lett. 299 (2021) 130079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130079.

J.-T. Lin, C.K. Harnett, "Absolute length sensor based on time of flight in stretchable optical fibers," IEEE Sens. Lett. 4 (2020) 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/lsens.2020.3028332.