Ardian.Jusufi@empa.ch
Scientific Publications
Publications from the Research Group Soft Kinetic at Empa:
www.empa.ch/web/juar/publications
Morphologically Adaptive Crash Landing.
http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/soft-robotics/616/
Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges.
Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, Fearing R, Full R. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003.
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Tail assisted Pitch Control in Lizards, Robots and Dinosaurs.
Thomas Libby, Talia Moore, Evan Chang-Siu, Deborah Li, Daniel Cohen, Ardian Jusufi, Robert Full. Nature 481, 181–184 (2012).
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Aerial Righting Reflexes in Flightless Animals.
Ardian Jusufi, Yu Zeng, Robert Full, Robert Dudley. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (6) 2011.
Abstract at Oxford Journals Integrative & Comparative Biology
Righting and Turning in Mid-Air using Appendage Inertia: Reptile Tails, Analytical models and Bio-Inspired Robots.
Ardian Jusufi, Daniel Kawano, Thomas Libby, Robert Full. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 5 (4): 045001. (2010).
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/5/4/045001
Gecko Tail and RightingBot:
videos or righting lizards and robots
The IOP paper has meanwhile been selected among the most read of 2010 and 2011 in the IOP Journal Bioinpsiration & Biomimetics.
Active Tails enhance Arboreal Acrobatics in Geckos.
Ardian Jusufi, Daniel Goldman, Shai Revzen, Robert Full. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (11): 4215-4219. (2008).
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/11/4215.abstract
A study of rapid tetrapod running and turning dynamics utilizing inertial measurement units in greyhound sprinting.
Hasti Hayati, David Eager, Ardian Jusufi, Terry Brown (2017). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering DETC2017-67691.
TheGuardian – Tail does not wag the dog when it comes to agility, scientists find
The original article can be find here: TheGuardian.com [...]
Advanced Intelligent Systems – Morphologically Adaptive Crash Landing on a Wall: Soft-Bodied Models of Gliding Geckos with Varying Material Stiffnesses GalleryAdvanced Intelligent Systems – Morphologically Adaptive Crash Landing on a Wall: Soft-Bodied Models of Gliding Geckos with Varying Material Stiffnesses
Advanced Intelligent Systems – Morphologically Adaptive Crash Landing on a Wall: Soft-Bodied Models of Gliding Geckos with Varying Material Stiffnesses
The original article can be find here: Morphologically [...]
Oxford Academic – Tails, Flails, and Sails: How Appendages Improve Terrestrial Maneuverability by Improving Stability
The original article can be find here: Tails, [...]
Oxford Academic – Inertial Tail Effects during Righting of Squirrels in Unexpected Falls: From Behavior to Robotics
The original article can be find here: Inertial [...]
Soft Robotics – Undulatory Swimming Performance and Body Stiffness Modulation in a Soft Robotic Fish-Inspired Physical Model
The original article can be find here: Soft [...]