RAAD Lab
Purdue University
Mechanical Engineering
Publications
2025
Analyzing the Effects of Wire Routing in Soft-Growing Robots
E. M. DeVries, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft63089.2025.11020921
2025
Physics-Grounded Differentiable Simulation for Soft Growing Robots
L. Chen, Y. Gao, S. Wang, F. Fuentes, L. H. Blumenschein, Z. Kingston
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft63089.2025.11020809
2024
A survey of communicating robot learning during human-robot interaction
S. Habiban, A. Alvarez Valdivia, L. H. Blumenschein, D. P. Losey
doi: 10.1177/02783649241281369
2024
Heterogenous Collaboration: A new approach for search and rescue operations
S. N. Boateng, S. Singh, M. Ugur, S. Wang, M. Kramer, I. Osei, O. Sobek, M. O. Martinez, F. Z. Temel, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/SSRR62954.2024.10770037
2024
Adaptation and Training Effects from a Passive, Wearable Resistance Device During Exercise
E. Frias-Miranda, H. A. Nguyen, J. Hampton, T. A. Jones, B. Spotts, M. Cochran, D. D. Chan, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/BioRob60516.2024.10719863
2024
Refined Modeling for Serial Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Enables Model-Based Actuation Design
S. Wang, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10521996
2024
Soft Growing Pin for High-Extension Shape-Changing Displays
A. Alvarez Valdivia, M. A. Rezqalla, S. E. Swann, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10522001
2024
Physics-Informed Neural Network for Scalable Soft Multi-Actuator Systems
C. A. Mendenhall, J. Hardan, T. J. Chiang, L. H. Blumenschein, A. B. Tepole
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft60065.2024.10522053
2023
Vine Robot Localization Via Collision
E. Frias-Miranda, A. Srivastava, S. Wang, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10342238
2023
Mapping Unknown Environments through Passive Deformation of Soft, Growing Robots
F. Fuentes, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341705
2023
Perception of and Response to a Haptic Device as a Function of Signal Complexity
A. Alvarez Valdivia, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/WHC56415.2023.10224490
2023
Deployable Robotic Structures via Passive Rigidity on A Soft, Growing Robot
F. Fuentes, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft55895.2023.10122104
2023
The Folded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (foldPAM): Towards Programmability and Control via End Geometry
S. Wang, E. Frias-Miranda
doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3238160
2022
A Geometric Design Approach for Continuum Robots by Piecewise Approximation of Freeform Shapes
S. Wang, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981430
2022
Wrapped Haptic Display for Communicating Physical Robot Learning
A. Alvarez Valdivia, R. Shailly, N. Seth, F. Fuentes, D. P. Losey, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762210
2022
Characterization of Soft 3D Printed Actuators for Parallel Networks
S. Khetan, L. H. Blumenschein
doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3155807