RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Biomechanics/Robotics
Pollen capture and removal by honeybee hairs-Amador et al. 2017
How honeybee hairs capture pollen but can be easily cleaned (Hu lab)
Biological mechanisms of staying clean-Amador & Hu 2015
A review of principles and mechanisms of biological cleaning solutions
Improving walking with a non-powered exoskeleton-Collins et al. 2015
Reducing the energy cost of walking using a bio-inspired non-powered exoskeleton (Sawiki Lab)
Feedback control to understand tradeoffs-Cowan 2014
Using systems control theory to understand responses to perturbation (Sponberg lab)
Bio-inspired aquatic robotics by
untethered piezohydroelastic actuation-Ertuk 2013
A modeling and lab study of fish-like swimming produced by pizoelectric fiber based actuators
Macro-fiber composite actuated
piezoelectric robotic fish-Ertuk 2015
A review of novel methods to produce biologically realistic swimming in robotic fish
Simplifying gait design via shape basis optimization-Gong 2016
Using limb morphology to control locomotion by modulating gait (Goldman lab)
Strategies for locomotion in granular media- Hosoi & Goldman 2016
Biological principles for controlling movement in and on soft substrates
Principles of power limits in small fast systems- Ilton et al. 2018
Factors governing the ability of small and ultrafast biological systems to produce mechanical power (Bhamla lab)
Behavioral and mechanical determinants of collective subsurface nest excavation-Monaenkova 2015
Understanding organism strategies mediating their ability to dig and create subsurface structures (Goldman lab)
Prey catching by frog tongues-Noel et al. 2017
How the viscoeleastic and non-Newtonian properties of frog tongues function in high speed adhesion to capture prey (Hu lab)
A single muscle’s multifunctional control potential -Sponberg 2011
How muscle mechanics allow passive control of locomotion