Studying biological systems with engineering tools reveals trends and trade-offs in physics to guide principled design in robotics. This goes beyond just bio-inspiration. Instead, we look to apply analysis techniques from mechanics, dynamics, and controls that reveal potential guiding principles in robotics, and bring new insights to evolution and ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Some of our publications in the topic include:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sutton, G.P., St Pierre, R., Kuo, C.Y., Summers, A.P., Bergbreiter, S., Cox, S. and Patek, S.N., 2022. Dual spring force couples yield multifunctionality and ultrafast, precision rotation in tiny biomechanical systems<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em>,\u00a0225<\/em>(14), p.jeb244077.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Divi, S., Ma, X., Ilton, M., St. Pierre, R., Eslami, B., Patek, S.N. and Bergbreiter, S., 2020. Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of the Royal Society Interface<\/em>,\u00a017<\/em>(168), p.20200070.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Longo, S.J., Cox, S.M., Azizi, E., Ilton, M., Olberding, J.P., St Pierre, R. and Patek, S.N., 2019. Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em>,\u00a0222<\/em>(15), p.jeb197889.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Studying biological systems with engineering tools reveals trends and trade-offs in physics to guide principled design in robotics. This goes beyond just bio-inspiration. Instead, we look to apply analysis techniques … Continue reading Organismal biomechanics<\/span>