Publication

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Journal Articles

  1. S. Spiegel, J. Sun, and J. Zhao, “A shape-changing wheeling and jumping robot using tenseg- rity wheels and bistable mechanism,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023 [PDF]

  2. W. Wang†, J. Sun†, S. Vallabhuneni, B. Pawlowski, H. Vahabi, K. Nellenbach, A. C. Brown, F. Scholle, J. Zhao∗, and A. K. Kota∗, “On-demand, remote and lossless manipulation of biofluid droplets,” Materials Horizons (Accepted), 2022 († co-first author) [PDF][Video] [News]: CSU News, Popular Science Magazine, TechXplore.

  3. H. Hsiao, J. Sun, H. Zhang, and J. Zhao, “A mechanically intelligent and passive gripper for aerial perching and grasping,”IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. [PDF] [Video].

  4. J. Sun and J. Zhao, “Physics-based modeling of twisted-and-coiled actuators using cosserat rod theory,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 779–796, 2022, 2021 [PDF] [Supporting Page].

  5. J. Sun, B. Tighe, Y. Liu, and J. Zhao, “Twisted-and-coiled actuators with free strokes enable soft robots with programmable motions,” Soft robotics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 213–225, 2021 [PDF] [Video] [Supporting Material] [News]: CSU News, TechXplore, ElectronicDesign.

  6. Y. Tang, Y. Chi, J. Sun, T.-H. Huang, O. H. Maghsoudi, A. Spence, J. Zhao, H. Su, and J. Yin, “Leveraging elastic instabilities for amplified performance: Spine-inspired high-speed and high-force soft robots,” Science advances, vol. 6, no. 19, p. eaaz6912, 2020 [PDF] [Video]. [News]: Engadget, New Altas, NSF, Tech Briefs

  7. J. Sun and J. Zhao, “An adaptive walking robot with reconfigurable mechanisms using shape morphing joints,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 724–731, 2019.[PDF] [Video] [News]: TechXplore, IEEE Spectrum, Futurism, High Tech Deck

  8. B. Pawlowski, J. Sun, J. Xu, Y. Liu, and J. Zhao, “Modeling of soft robots actuated by twisted-and-coiled actuators,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 5–15, 2018. [PDF].

Conference Proceedings

  1. Ajai Singh, J. Sun and J. Zhao, “Controlling the Shape of Soft Robots Using the Koopman Operator”, in 2023 American Control Conference ACC). Invited Paper[Accepted].[PDF].

  2. J. Sun and J. Zhao, “Modeling and simulation of soft robots driven by artificial muscles: an example using twisted-and-coiled actuators,” in 2022 American Control Conference ACC). Invited Paper[Accepted].[PDF] [Video].

  3. H. Hsiao, F. Wu J. Sun, and J. Zhao, “A novel passive mechanism for flying robots to perchonto surfaces,” in2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA).IEEE, 2022, [Accepted].[PDF] [Video].

  4. J. Sun, B. Tighe, and J. Zhao, “Tuning the energy landscape of soft robots for fast and strong motion,” in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2020, pp. 10 082–10 088. [PDF] [Video].

  5. J. Sun and J. Zhao, “Integrated actuation and self-sensing for twisted-and-coiled actuators with applications to innervated soft robots,” in 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2020, pp. 8795–8800 [PDF]. [Video].

  6. H. Zhang, J. Sun, and J. Zhao, “Compliant bistable gripper for aerial perching and grasping,” in 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2019, pp. 1248–1253.[PDF] [Video].

  7. J. Sun, B. Pawlowski, and J. Zhao, “Soft manipulators with programmable motion using twisted-and-coiled actuators (conference presentation),” in Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, vol. 10966. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019, p. 109660Q. [PDF] [Video].

  8. B. Pawlowski, J. Sun, and J. Zhao, “Dynamic modeling of soft manipulators actuated by twisted-and-coiled actuators,” in 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). IEEE, 2018, pp. 409–414.[PDF]

  9. J. Sun, B. Pawlowski, and J. Zhao, “Embedded and controllable shape morphing with twisted1. and-coiled actuators,” in 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS). IEEE, 2018, pp. 5912–5917.[PDF].[Video]. (Best Student Paper Award, Finalists).

Patent

  • Zhang, Haijie and Zhao, Jianguo & Sun, Jiefeng. Compliant bistable gripper for aerial perching and grasping. (Granted, 2020)[PDF] CSU Venture