2018
34 .
Soft Robot Actuation Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Substrates.
D Ortiz,
N Gravish,
M Tolley.
RA-L RoboSoft. 2018.
(In review).
Journal
33 .
Sliding-layer laminates: a robotic material enabling robust and adaptable undulatory locomotion.
M Jiang,
N Gravish.
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2018.
Conference
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32 .
Spatial fidelity of workers predicts collective response to disturbance in a social insect.
JD Crall,
N Gravish,
AM Mountcastle,
SD Kocher,
RL Oppenheimer,
NE Pierce,
SA Combes.
Nat. Communications. 2018.
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31 .
Robotics-inspired biology.
N Gravish,
G Lauder.
Journal of Experimental Biology. 2018.
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2017
30 .
A biologically inspired, flapping wing, hybrid aerial-aquatic microrobot.
Y Chen,
H Wang,
EF Helbling,
N Jafferis,
R Zufferey,
A Ong,
K Ma,
N Gravish,
P Chirarattananon,
M Kovac,
RJ Wood.
Science Robotics. 2017.
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An Actuated Gaze Stabilization Platform for a Flapping-Wing Microrobot.
S Mange,
EF Helbling,
N Gravish,
RJ Wood.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2017.
Conference
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Wings as impellers: honey bees co-opt flight system to induce nest ventilation and disperse pheromones.
JM Peters,
N Gravish,
SA Combes.
Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017.
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2016
27 .
Anomalous yaw torque generation from passively pitching wings.
N Gravish,
RJ Wood.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2016.
Conference
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26 .
Entangled Granular Media.
N Gravish,
DI Goldman.
Fluids, Colloids, and Soft Materials: An Introduction to Soft Matter Physics. 2016.
Book chapter
25 .
Experimental and computational studies of the aerodynamic performance of a flapping and passively rotating insect wing.
Y Chen,
N Gravish,
AL Desbiens,
R Malka,
RJ Wood.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2016.
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2015
24 .
BEEtag: a low-cost, image-based tracking system for the study of animal behavior and locomotion.
JD Crall,
N Gravish,
AM Mountcastle,
SA Combes.
PloS one. 2015.
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Behavioral and mechanical determinants of collective subsurface nest excavation.
D Monaenkova,
N Gravish,
G Rodriguez,
R Kutner,
MAD Goodisman,
DI Goldman.
Journal of Experimental Biology. 2015.
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Collective Flow Enhancement by Tandem Flapping Wings.
N Gravish,
JM Peters,
SA Combes,
RJ Wood.
Physical review letters. 2015.
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21 .
Glass-like dynamics in confined and congested ant traffic.
N Gravish,
G Gold,
A Zangwill,
MAD Goodisman,
DI Goldman.
Soft matter. 2015.
Journal
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20 .
Hybrid aerial and aquatic locomotion in an at-scale robotic insect.
Y Chen,
EF Helbling,
N Gravish,
K Ma,
RJ Wood.
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on. 2015.
Conference
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2014
19 .
A bio-inspired wing driver for the study of insect-scale flight aerodynamics.
N Gravish,
S Combes,
RJ Wood.
Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. 2014.
Conference
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18 .
Effect of volume fraction on granular avalanche dynamics.
N Gravish,
DI Goldman.
Physical Review E. 2014.
Journal
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17 .
Force and flow at the onset of drag in plowed granular media.
N Gravish,
PB Umbanhowar,
DI Goldman.
Physical Review E. 2014.
Journal
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16 .
High-throughput study of flapping wing aerodynamics for biological and robotic applications.
N Gravish,
Y Chen,
SA Combes,
RJ Wood.
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2014.
Conference
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15 .
Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes.
H Marvi,
C Gong,
N Gravish,
H Astley,
M Travers,
RL Hatton,
JR Mendelson,
H Choset,
DL Hu,
DI Goldman.
Science. 2014.
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2013
14 .
Climbing, falling, and jamming during ant locomotion in confined environments.
N Gravish,
D Monaenkova,
MAD Goodisman,
DI Goldman.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2013.
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2012
13 .
Comparative studies reveal principles of movement on and within granular media.
Y Ding,
N Gravish,
C Li,
RD Maladen,
N Mazouchova,
SS Sharpe,
PB Umbanhowar,
DI Goldman.
Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces. 2012.
Conference
12 .
Effects of worker size on the dynamics of fire ant tunnel construction.
N Gravish,
M Garcia,
N Mazouchova,
L Levy,
PB Umbanhowar,
MAD Goodisman,
DI Goldman.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 2012.
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Entangled granular media.
N Gravish,
SV Franklin,
DL Hu,
DI Goldman.
Physical review letters. 2012.
Journal
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10 .
Towards a terramechanics for bio-inspired locomotion in granular environments.
C Li,
Y Ding,
N Gravish,
RD Maladen,
A Masse,
PB Umbanhowar,
H Komsuoglu,
DE Koditschek,
DI Goldman.
Earth and Space 2012: Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. 2012.
Conference
2011
9 .
Drag induced lift in granular media.
Y Ding,
N Gravish,
DI Goldman.
Physical Review Letters. 2011.
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2010
8 .
Force and flow transition in plowed granular media.
N Gravish,
PB Umbanhowar,
DI Goldman.
Physical review letters. 2010.
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7 .
Rate-dependent frictional adhesion in natural and synthetic gecko setae.
N Gravish,
M Wilkinson,
S Sponberg,
A Parness,
N Esparza,
D Soto,
T Yamaguchi,
M Broide,
M Cutkosky,
C Creton.
Journal of the royal society interface. 2010.
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Utilization of granular solidification during terrestrial locomotion of hatchling sea turtles.
N Mazouchova,
N Gravish,
A Savu,
DI Goldman.
Biology letters. 2010.
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2009
5 .
A microfabricated wedge-shaped adhesive array displaying gecko-like dynamic adhesion, directionality and long lifetime.
A Parness,
D Soto,
N Esparza,
N Gravish,
M Wilkinson,
K Autumn,
M Cutkosky.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2009.
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The crowding model as a tool to understand and fabricate gecko-inspired dry adhesives.
NS Pesika,
N Gravish,
M Wilkinson,
B Zhao,
H Zeng,
Y Tian,
J Israelachvili,
K Autumn.
The Journal of Adhesion. 2009.
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2008
3 .
Frictional and elastic energy in gecko adhesive detachment.
N Gravish,
M Wilkinson,
K Autumn.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 2008.
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Microscopic Modeling of the Dynamics of Frictional Adhesion in the Gecko Attachment System.
T Yamaguchi,
N Gravish,
K Autumn,
C Creton.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2008.
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2006
1 .
High friction from a stiff polymer using microfiber arrays.
C Majidi,
RE Groff,
Y Maeno,
B Schubert,
S Baek,
B Bush,
R Maboudian,
N Gravish,
M Wilkinson,
K Autumn.
Physical review letters. 2006.
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