Animals exploit soft structures to move effectively in complex natural environments. These
capabilities have inspired robotic engineers to incorporate soft technologies into their designs. …

In this paper, we introduce the design principles for highly efficient legged robots and the
implementation of the principles on the MIT Cheetah robot. Three major energy loss modes …

This paper presents the design principles for highly efficient legged robots, the implementation
of the principles in the design of the MIT Cheetah, and the analysis of the high-speed …

This paper introduces a new robust, dynamic quadruped, the MIT Cheetah 3. Like its predecessor,
the Cheetah 3 exploits tailored mechanical design to enable simple control strategies …

Mini Cheetah is a small and inexpensive, yet powerful and mechanically robust quadruped
robot, intended to enable rapid development of control systems for legged robots. The robot …

HOTAIR is a long intervening non-coding RNA (lincRNA) that associates with the Polycomb
Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) and overexpression is correlated with poor survival for breast…

This paper presents the complete development and analysis of a soft robotic platform that
exhibits peristaltic locomotion. The design principle is based on the antagonistic arrangement …

High speed legged locomotion involves high acceleration and extensive loadings of the leg,
which impose critical challenges in actuator design. We introduce actuator dimensional …

Programmable matter is a material whose properties can be programmed to achieve
specific shapes or stiffnesses upon command. This concept requires constituent elements to …

Stickybot is a bioinspired robot that climbs smooth vertical surfaces such as glass, plastic,
and ceramic tile at 4 cm/s. The robot employs several design principles adapted from the …