Press
Electronics-Free Pneumatic Circuits for a Soft Legged Robot
Jacobs School News, ”This Robot Doesn’t Need Any Electronics”, February 17, 2020.
TechXplore, "Walking quadruped is controlled and powered by pressurized air", Feb. 17, 2021.
Veritasium, "Why Robots That Bend Are Better", Feb. 18, 2021.
Interesting Engineering, "Four-Legged Soft Robot Operates on Pressurized Air Alone", Feb. 18, 2021.
AtomsTalk, "Wow! Here Is A Robot That Doesn’t Need Any Electronics", Feb. 20, 2021.
IEEE Spectrum, "Soft Legged Robot Uses Pneumatic Circuitry to Walk Like a Turtle", Feb. 20, 2021.
3D Printed Soft Quadruped
Jacobs School News, ”3D-printed soft four legged robot can walk on sand and stone”, May 16, 2017.
CNN, ”New 3D-printed robot can walk on sand and rocks”, May 23, 2017.
NBC News, “Robotics Technology Saving Military Lives While Giving U.S. Forces Upper Hand”, May 16, 2017.
Tech Briefs, ”3D-Printed Soft Robot ‘Walks’ on Any Terrain”, May 24, 2017
Yahoo News, ”This turtle-inspired soft robot can crawl over terrain like pebbles, sand”, May 18, 2017
TechCrunch, ”3D printing soft legs can help a robot walk across rough and rocky terrain”, May 19, 2017.
IEEE Spectrum, ”3D-Printed Pneumatic Quadruped Robot Adapts to Rough Terrain”, May 24, 2017.
Soft Gripper
Jacobs School News, "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", May 30, 2017.
IEEE Spectrum, "Video Friday: Robotic Creatures, ROS-Industrial, and Machine Knitting", Oct. 13, 2017.
The Economic Times, "New soft robotic gripper can screw in light bulbs", Oct. 11, 2017.
3Ders.org, "UC San Diego engineers developing smart & soft 3D printed gripper that can figure out what it's holding", Oct. 11, 2017.
New Atlas, "Robotic gripper has a feel for the shape of things", Oct. 12, 2017.
Science Daily, "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", Oct. 10, 2017.
Communications of the ACM, "This Soft Robotic Gripper Can Screw in Your Light Bulbs for You", Oct. 12, 2017.
NSF, "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", Oct. 10, 2017.
Miscellaneous
UC San Diego News, ”UC San Diego Launches Robotics Institute”, Oct. 29, 2015.
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, "UC San Diego Launches Robotics Institute", Oct. 29, 2015.