SandBot: experiments and model of a robot walking on granular media

Journal papers:

Li, Umbanhowar, Komsuoglu, Koditschek, Goldman, PNAS, 2009 (PDF)

Li, Umbanhowar, Komsuoglu, Goldman, J.Exp. Mechanics, 2010 (PDF)

Popular article in IEEE Spectrum by Goldman, Komsuoglu and Koditschek, April 2009 (PDF).

Cover of Spectrum for April 2009 here.

Georgia Tech media release here

(for more press on SandBot, please go here)

For videos of SandBot, go here

Our robotics collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania here