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Publications

2022

"Characterization of Soft 3D Printed Actuators for Parallel Networks," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 5342-5348, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3155807

2020

L. H. Blumenschein, M. Koehler, N. S. Usevitch, E. W. Hawkes, D. C. Rucker and A. M. Okamura (Submitted) Geometric Solutions for General Actuator Routing on Inflated Beam Soft Growing Robots. doi: arXiv:2006.06117 [cs.RO]

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L. H. Blumenschein, M. M. Coad, D. A. Haggerty, A. M. Okamura, and E. W. Hawkes (2020) Design, Modeling, Control, and Application of Vine Robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7:153. doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.548266

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L. Gan*, L. H. Blumenschein*, Z. Huang, A. M. Okamura, E. W. Hawkes and J. Fan (2020) 3D Electromagnetic Reconfiguration Enabled by Soft Continuum Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2):1704-1711. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2969922
 

M. M. Coad, R. P. Thomasson, L. H. Blumenschein, N. S. Usevitch, E. W. Hawkes and A. M. Okamura (2020) Retraction of Soft Growing Robots without Buckling. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2):2115-2122. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2970629

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J. D. Greer, L. H. Blumenschein, R. Alterovitz, E. W. Hawkes and A. M. Okamura (2020) Robust Navigation of a Soft Growing Robot by Exploiting Contact with the Environment. International Journal of Robotics Research. doi.org/10.1177/0278364920903774

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K. T. Yoshida, X. Ren, L. H. Blumenschein, A. M. Okamura, and M. Luo (2020) AFREEs: Active Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures. In IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pages 305-311, doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft48309.2020.9115988

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F. Stroppa, M. Luo, K. Yoshida, M. M. Coad, L. H. Blumenschein and A. M. Okamura (2020) Human Interface for Teleoperated Object Manipulation with a Soft Growing Robot. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 726-732, doi: 10.1109/ICRA40945.2020. 9197094

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2019

M. M. Coad, L. H. Blumenschein, S. Cutler, J. A. Reyna Zepeda, N. D. Naclerio, H. El-Hussieny, U. Mehmood, J.-H. Ryu, E. W. Hawkes and A. M. Okamura (2019) Vine Robots: Design, Teleoperation, and Deployment for Navigation and Exploration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, pages 102-132, doi: 10.1109/MRA.2019.2947538

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D. P. Losey, L. H. Blumenschein, J. Clark, and M. K. O’Malley (2019) Improving Short-Term Retention after Robotic Rehabilitation by Leveraging Fixed-Gain Controllers. Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering, 6:2055668319866311. doi: 10.1177/2055668319866311

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L. H. Blumenschein, Y. Menguc (2019) Generalized Delta Mechanisms from Soft Actuators. In IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pages 249-256. doi: 10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2019.8722794

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2018

L. H. Blumenschein*, L. Gan*, J. Fan, A. M. Okamura and E. W. Hawkes (2018) A Tip-Extending Soft Robot Enables Reconfigurable and Deployable Antennas. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2):949-956. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2793303

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L. H. Blumenschein, N. S. Usevitch, B. Do, E. W. Hawkes and A. M. Okamura (2018) Helical Actuation on a Soft Inflated Robot Body. In IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pages 245-252. doi: 10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8404927

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J. D. Greer, L. H. Blumenschein, A. M. Okamura and E. W. Hawkes (2018) Obstacle-Aided Navigation of a Soft Growing Robot. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 4165-4172. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8460777

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N. Agharese, T. Cloyd, L. H. Blumenschein, M. Raitor, E. W. Hawkes, H. Culbertson and A. M. Okamura (2018) HapWRAP: Soft Growing Wearable Haptic Device. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 5466-5472. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8460891

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2017

E. W. Hawkes, L. H. Blumenschein, J. D. Greer and A. M. Okamura (2017) A soft robot that navigates its environment through growth. Science Robotics, 2(8):eaan3028. doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aan3028

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L. H. Blumenschein, A. M. Okamura and E. W. Hawkes (2017) Modeling of Bioinspired Apical Extension in a Soft Robot. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2017, pages 522-53. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8

 

L. H. Blumenschein, C. G. McDonald and M. K. O'Malley (2017) A cable-based series elastic actuator with conduit sensor for wearable exoskeletons. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 6687-6693. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989790

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2016

D. P. Losey, L. H. Blumenschein, and M. K. O'Malley (2016) Improving the retention of motor skills after reward-based reinforcement by incorporating haptic guidance and error augmentation. In IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), pages 857-863. doi: 10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523735

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