Publications by authors named "Barry W Mulvey"
Article Synopsis
- Many animals navigate complex environments skillfully, and researchers developed a framework called HAVEN that allows deformable robots to mimic this agility by using both vision and internal body awareness (proprioception).
- HAVEN enables these robots to be predictive (preparing for changes based on what they see), reactive (adapting to feedback from their own movement), and active (manipulating obstacles with their flexible bodies).
- Tests showed that these deformable robots could successfully navigate through various apertures in obstructed environments, achieving higher success rates and reducing navigation time by an average of 32% when actively manipulating their shape.
