Abstract: Complex and unstructured environments pose several challenges for traditional rigid robot technologies. Inspired by biological systems, soft robots offer a promising alternative with respect to their rigid counterparts and demonstrate increased resilience and adaptation,[...]

Abstract: Recent technological advances in the field of surgical Robotics have resulted in the development of a range of new techniques and technologies that have reduced patient trauma, shortened hospitalization, and improved diagnostic accuracy and[...]

“Variable Topology Truss: A Novel Approach to Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots” Abstract: Conventional robotic systems are most effective in structured environments with well-defined tasks. The next frontier of robotics is to create systems that can operate[...]

Title: Decision Making with Internet-Scale Knowledge   Abstract: Machine learning models pretrained on internet data have acquired broad knowledge about the world but struggle to solve complex tasks that require extended reasoning and planning. Sequential decision[...]