Publications

Journal articles

[1] D. Li, D. M. Aukes, E. Q. Y. Aukes, and W. Zhang, “A Compact, Lightweight, Fast-Responding and High-Torque Mechanical Lockable Robot Module,” (submitted), 2024. [2] Y. Jiang, F. Chen, and D. M. Aukes, “Locomotion via Vibration of Soft, Twisted Beams with an Under-actuated Quadruped,” (submitted), 2024. [3] F. Chen, “Curating Tunable, Compliant Legs for Specialized Tasks,” (submitted), 2024. [4] Y. Jiang, F. Chen, and D. M. Aukes, “Tunable Dynamic Walking via Soft Twisted Beam Vibration,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3244716. [5] Emiliano Quinones Yumbla, Dongting Li, Tolemy M. Nibi, Daniel M. Aukes, and Wenlong Zhang, “A Kinematically Constrained Kalman Filter for Sensor Fusion in a Wearable Origami Robot,” Letters Dyn. Sys. Control, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056986. [6] F. Chen and D. Aukes, “Direct Encoding of Tunable Stiffness into an Origami-inspired Jumping Robot Leg,” Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, pp. 1–28, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1115/1.4056958. [7] C. Brauer and D. Aukes, “Applying graded material transitions with low-cost additive manufacturing,” RPJ, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 378–392, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1108/RPJ-04-2022-0114. [8] H. Bagheri et al., “A Bio-inspired Helically Driven Self-Burrowing Robot,” Acta Geotechnica (accepted), 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-01882-9. [9] D. Li et al., “Origami-Inspired Wearable Robot for Trunk Support,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, pp. 1–11, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3220136. [10] M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang, A. S. Lafmejani, K. Nichols, and D. Aukes, “Maneuverable gait selection for a novel fish-inspired robot using a CMA-ES-assisted workflow,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 056017, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac165d. [11] M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang, and D. M. Aukes, “Reconfigurable Curved Beams for Selectable Swimming Gaits in an Underwater Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3437–3444, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3063961. [12] M. Sharifzadeh and D. M. Aukes, “Curvature-Induced Buckling for Flapping-Wing Vehicles,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 503–514, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2020.3034659. [13] C.-Y. Lo et al., “Highly stretchable self-sensing actuator based on conductive photothermally-responsive hydrogel,” Materials Today, vol. 50, pp. 35–43, Jun. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.mattod.2021.05.008. [14] D. Li, S. Huang, Y. Tang, H. Marvi, J. Tao, and D. Aukes, “Compliant Fins for Locomotion in Granular Media,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3084877. [15] R. Khodambashi et al., “Heterogeneous Hydrogel Structures with Spatiotemporal Reconfigurability using Addressable and Tunable Voxels,” Advanced Materials, vol. 33, no. 10, p. 2005906, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.1002/adma.202005906. [16] A. Doroudchi, R. Khodambashi, M. Sharifzadeh, D. Li, S. Berman, and D. M. Aukes, “Tracking Control of a Miniature 2-DOF Manipulator With Hydrogel Actuators,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 4774–4781, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3067622. [17] Y. Alsaid et al., “Tunable Sponge‐Like Hierarchically Porous Hydrogels with Simultaneously Enhanced Diffusivity and Mechanical Properties,” Advanced Materials, vol. 33, no. 20, p. 2008235, May 2021, doi: 10.1002/adma.202008235. [18] O. Mesa, S. Mhatre, and D. Aukes, “CREASE: Synchronous gait by minimizing actuation through folded geometry,” International Journal of Architectural Computing, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 385–403, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1177/1478077120948204. [19] A. S. Lafmejani et al., “Kinematic Modeling and Trajectory Tracking Control of an Octopus-Inspired Hyper-Redundant Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 3460–3467, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2976328. [20] S. Huang et al., “Effects of Friction Anisotropy on Upward Burrowing Behavior of Soft Robots in Granular Materials,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, p. 1900183, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1002/aisy.201900183. [21] H. Bagheri et al., “New Insights on the Control and Function of Octopus Suckers,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, p. 1900154, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1002/aisy.201900154. [22] S. M. Felton, K. P. Becker, D. M. Aukes, and R. J. Wood, “Self-folding with shape memory composites at the millimeter scale,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 25, no. 8, p. 085004, Aug. 2015, doi: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/8/085004. [23] M. T. Tolley, S. M. Felton, S. Miyashita, D. Aukes, D. Rus, and R. J. Wood, “Self-folding origami: shape memory composites activated by uniform heating,” Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 23, no. 9, p. 94006, Sep. 2014, doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/9/094006. [24] D. M. Aukes et al., “Design and testing of a selectively compliant underactuated hand,” The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 721–735, Apr. 2014, doi: 10.1177/0278364913518997. [25] D. M. Aukes, B. Goldberg, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. J. Wood, “An analytic framework for developing inherently-manufacturable pop-up laminate devices,” Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 23, no. 9, p. 094013, Sep. 2014, doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/9/094013.

Conference articles

[1] Chen, Fuchen and Aukes, Daniel M., “Informed Repurposing of Quadruped Legs for New Tasks,” in ICRA 2025 (submitted), 2025. [2] Paul Bupe, Jr. et al., “Embedded Optical Waveguide Sensors for Dynamic Behavior Monitoring in Twisted-Beam Structures,” presented at the Robosoft 2024 (accepted), 2024. [3] Burak Aslan, Yigit Yaman, Daniel M. Aukes, and Onur Ozcan, “Compliant and dynamically coupled anisotropic backbones enable single-actuator-driven versatile mobility,” in (in preparation), 2024. [4] A. Kwan and D. M. Aukes, “Development, Modeling, and Testing of a Passive Compliant Bistable Undulatory Rob,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNAI,volume 14157), 2023. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_22. [5] Y. Jiang, F. Chen, and D. M. Aukes, “Tunable Dynamic Walking via Soft Twisted Beam Vibration,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3244716. [6] F. Chen, W. Tao, and D. M. Aukes, “Development of A Dynamic Quadruped with Tunable, Compliant Legs,” in 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, USA: IEEE, Oct. 2023, pp. 495–502. doi: 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10342283. [7] F. Chen and D. Aukes, “Direct Encoding of Tunable Stiffness into an Origami-inspired Jumping Robot Leg,” Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, pp. 1–28, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1115/1.4056958. [8] M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang, A. S. Lafmejani, and D. M. Aukes, “Compensating for Material Deformation in Foldable Robots via Deep Learning ― A Case Study,” in 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, May 2022, pp. 5184–5190. doi: 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9811752. [9] D. Li et al., “Origami-Inspired Wearable Robot for Trunk Support,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, pp. 1–11, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3220136. [10] M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang, and D. M. Aukes, “Reconfigurable Curved Beams for Selectable Swimming Gaits in an Underwater Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3437–3444, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3063961. [11] M. Sharifzadeh and D. M. Aukes, “Curvature-Induced Buckling for Flapping-Wing Vehicles,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 503–514, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2020.3034659. [12] R. Khodambashi, S. Berman, X. He, and D. M. Aukes, “Miniaturized Untethered Soft Robots Using Hydrogel-based Soft Voxel Actuators,” in 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), IEEE, Apr. 2021, pp. 571–574. doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft51838.2021.9479329. [13] Y. Jiang, M. Sharifzadeh, and D. M. Aukes, “Shape Change Propagation Through Soft Curved Materials for Dynamically-Tuned Paddling Robots,” in 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), IEEE, Apr. 2021, pp. 230–237. doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft51838.2021.9479208. [14] A. Doroudchi, R. Khodambashi, M. Sharifzadeh, D. Li, S. Berman, and D. M. Aukes, “Tracking Control of a Miniature 2-DOF Manipulator With Hydrogel Actuators,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 4774–4781, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3067622. [15] M. Sharifzadeh, Y. Jiang, R. Khodambashi, and D. Aukes, “Increasing the Life Span of Foldable Manipulators With Fabric,” in Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aug. 2020. doi: 10.1115/DETC2020-22757. [16] A. S. Lafmejani et al., “Kinematic Modeling and Trajectory Tracking Control of an Octopus-Inspired Hyper-Redundant Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 3460–3467, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2976328. [17] Y. Jiang, M. Sharifzadeh, and D. M. Aukes, “Reconfigurable Soft Flexure Hinges via Pinched Tubes,” in IEEE/RSJ Intenational Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020, pp. 8843–8850. doi: 10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341109. [18] A. Doroudchi, R. Khodambashi, A. S. Lafmejani, D. M. Aukes, and S. Berman, “Dynamic Modeling of a Hydrogel-based Continuum Robotic Arm with Experimental Validation,” in 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), IEEE, May 2020, pp. 695–701. doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft48309.2020.9116012. [19] C. Brauer and D. M. Aukes, “Automated Generation of Multi-Material Structures Using the VoxelFuse Framework,” in Symposium on Computational Fabrication, New York, NY, USA: ACM, Nov. 2020, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1145/3424630.3425417. [20] D. Yang, S. Mishra, D. M. Aukes, and W. Zhang, “Design, Planning, and Control of an Origami-inspired Foldable Quadrotor,” in 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), IEEE, 2019, pp. 2551–2556. [21] B. D. Shuch, E. Rogers, T. Shafa, and D. M. Aukes, “Design Of A Two Dof Laminate Leg Transmission For Creating Walking Robot Platforms,” in ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019. [22] O. Mesa, S. Mhatre, M. Singh, and D. Aukes, “CREASE: Synchronized Gait Through Folded Geometry,” in Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference, J. Sousa, J. Xavier, and G. Castro Henriques, Eds., Porto, Portugal, 2019, pp. 1–10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/147807712094820. [23] J. W. Knaup and D. M. Aukes, “Design, Modeling, And Optimization Of A Hopping Robot Platform,” in ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-98109. [24] M. Huerta et al., “The process of conceptualizing and creating the Engineering Faculty Impact Collaborative to support faculty development and mentorship,” in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2019. [25] R. CASLETON et al., “Chemoreception in Octopus bimaculoides,” in SICB 2019, 2019. [26] C. Brauer and D. M. Aukes, “Voxel-Based CAD Framework for Planning Functionally Graded and Multi-Step Rapid Fabrication Processes,” in Volume 2A: 45th Design Automation Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aug. 2019, pp. 1–11. doi: 10.1115/DETC2019-98103. [27] H. Bagheri et al., “Octopus suckers: functionality and control,” in Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2019. [28] Y. Xu et al., “Multi-responsive Tactile Hydrogels as Soft Robotic Materials,” in Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2018. [29] M. Sharifzadeh, R. Khodambashi, W. Zhang, and D. Aukes, “On Locomotion of a Laminated Fish-Inspired Robot in a Small-to-Size Environment,” in Volume 5A: 42nd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aug. 2018, p. V05AT07A071. doi: 10.1115/DETC2018-85594. [30] M. Qin et al., “Ultra-sensitive, Highly-selective, Real-time Chemical Wearable Sensors and Soft Artificial Muscle,” in 9th Annual Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference, San Jose, CA, 2018. [31] R. Khodambashi, M. Sharifzadeh, and D. M. Aukes, “An Integrated Design and Simulation Environment for Rapid Prototyping of Laminate Robotic Mechanisms,” in Volume 5B: 42nd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aug. 2018, p. V05BT07A068. doi: 10.1115/DETC2018-86359. [32] A. Doroudchi et al., “Decentralized Control of Distributed Actuation in a Segmented Soft Robot Arm,” in 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami Beach, FL: IEEE, Dec. 2018, pp. 7002–7009. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2018.8619036. [33] H. Bagheri et al., “Switchable Fibrillar Adhesives Under Different Degrees of Saturation,” in Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2018. [34] H. Bagheri et al., “Octopus Sucker Adhesion and Suction Performance Under Various Environmental Conditions,” in Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2018. [35] M. Qin et al., “Bioinspired Adaptive Materials for Optical Molecular Sensing and Artificial Phototropism,” in Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2017. [36] K. S. Luck, J. Campbell, M. Jansen, D. M. Aukes, and H. Ben Amor, “From the Lab to the Desert: Fast Prototyping and Learning of Robot Locomotion,” in Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jul. 2017. [37] J. Koh et al., “A Modular Folded Laminate Robot Capable of Multi Modal Locomotion,” in International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, D. Kulić, Y. Nakamura, O. Khatib, and G. Venture, Eds., in Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol. 1. Springer, Cham, 2017, pp. 59–70. doi: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-50115-4_6. [38] A. Jansen, K. S. Luck, J. Campbell, H. B. Amor, and D. M. Aukes, “Bio-inspired Robot Design Considering Load-Bearing and Kinematic Ontogeny of Chelonioidea Sea Turtles,” in Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Stanford, CA: Springer, 2017, pp. 216–229. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_19. [39] Y. Mulgaonkar et al., “The Flying Monkey: A Mesoscale Robot That Can Run, Fly, And Grasp,” in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, May 2016, pp. 4672–4679. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487667. [40] N. Doshi et al., “Model Driven Design For Flexure-based Microrobots,” in 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Sep. 2015, pp. 4119–4126. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2015.7353959. [41] D. M. Aukes and R. J. Wood, “PopupCAD: a tool for automated design, fabrication, and analysis of laminate devices,” in SPIE.DSS, T. George, A. K. Dutta, and M. S. Islam, Eds., May 2015, p. 94671B. doi: 10.1117/12.2177576. [42] H. S. Stuart, S. Wang, B. Gardineer, D. L. Christensen, D. M. Aukes, and M. Cutkosky, “A compliant underactuated hand with suction flow for underwater mobile manipulation,” in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong: IEEE, May 2014, pp. 6691–6697. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907847. [43] D. M. Aukes and R. J. Wood, “PopupCAD: a New Design Tool for Developing Self-folding Devices,” in MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 2014. [44] D. M. Aukes and R. J. Wood, “Algorithms for Rapid Development of Inherently-Manufacturable Laminate Devices,” in Volume 1: Development and Characterization of Multifunctional Materials; Modeling, Simulation and Control of Adaptive Systems; Structural Health Monitoring; Keynote Presentation, Newport, RI, USA: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Sep. 2014, p. V001T01A005. doi: 10.1115/SMASIS2014-7442. [45] D. M. Aukes, Ö. Ozcan, and R. J. Wood, “Monolithic Design and Fabrication of a 2-DOF Bio-Inspired Leg Transmission,” in Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Milan: Springer, 2014, pp. 1–10. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_1. [46] B. An et al., “An end-to-end approach to making self-folded 3D surface shapes by uniform heating,” in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong: IEEE, May 2014, pp. 1466–1473. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907045. [47] D. M. Aukes and M. R. Cutkosky, “Simulation-based tools for evaluating underactuated hand designs,” in 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, May 2013, pp. 2067–2073. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630854. [48] D. Aukes, S. Kim, P. Garcia, A. Edsinger, and M. R. Cutkosky, “Selectively compliant underactuated hand for mobile manipulation,” in 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, May 2012, pp. 2824–2829. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224738. [49] D. Aukes, B. Heyneman, V. Duchaine, and M. R. Cutkosky, “Varying spring preloads to select grasp strategies in an adaptive hand,” in 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IEEE, Sep. 2011, pp. 1373–1379. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6095078.