Michael Thomas Tolley

64 papers A* 8A 7Journal 31Unranked 18

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	—	`conf`	A Soft-Robotic Thumb Orthosis Facilitating Individual Assistance of Thumb Joints. RoboSoft Christina Chase-Markopoulou, Anoush Sepehri, Tania K. Morimoto, Michael Thomas Tolley
2025	—	`conf`	Autonomous Burrowing and Retrieval of Soft Robotic Anchors in Granular Media. RoboSoft Dongting Li, Michael Thomas Tolley, Nick Gravish
2025	J	`jnl`	Electronics-Free 3D-Printed Soft Swimming Robot With Pneumatic Oscillating Control for Efficient Undulating Locomotion. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Yichen Zhai, Michael Thomas Tolley
2025	—	`conf`	Multidisciplinary Control Co-Design Optimization of Anguilliform-Swimming Soft Fluidic Robots. RoboSoft Andrew H. Fletcher, Ru Xiang, Luca Scotzniovsky, Jacobo Cervera-Torralba, Michael Thomas Tolley, John T. Hwang
2025	—	`conf`	Real-time Estimator of Actuator Control and Health (REACH) on an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot. RoboSoft Zhangjingyi Jiang, Myungsun Park, Michael Thomas Tolley, Mark Campbell
2024	—	`conf`	A Soft Robotic Wrist Orthosis Using Textile Pneumatic Actuators For Passive Rehabilitation. RoboSoft Anoush Sepehri, Samuel Ward, Michael Thomas Tolley, Tania K. Morimoto
2024	J	`jnl`	Data-driven Model Reduction for Soft Robots via Lagrangian Operator Inference. CoRR Harsh Sharma, Iman Adibnazari, Jacobo Cervera-Torralba, Michael Thomas Tolley, Boris Kramer
2024	—	`conf`	Lost-Core Injection Molding of Fluidic Elastomer Actuators for the Fabrication of a Modular Eel-Inspired Soft Robot. RoboSoft Jacobo Cervera-Torralba, Yuxiang Kang, Eesa M. Khan, Iman Adibnazari, Michael Thomas Tolley
2024	—	`conf`	Scalable Arrays of Pneumatic Sensors for Multitouch Soft Skins. RoboSoft Xiaoran Zha, Saurabh Jadhav, Iman Adibnazari, Yichen Zhai, Michael Thomas Tolley
2024	J	`jnl`	The role of low-cost robots in the future of spaceflight. Sci. Robotics Paul E. Glick, J. Bob Balaram, Michael Ruvimovich Davidson, Elizabeth Lyons, Michael Thomas Tolley
2023	J	`jnl`	Actively Learning Reinforcement Learning: A Stochastic Optimal Control Approach. CoRR Mohammad S. Ramadan, Mahmoud A. Hayajnh, Michael Thomas Tolley, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
2023	—	`conf`	Continuous Skin Eversion Enables an Untethered Soft Robot to Burrow in Granular Media. RoboSoft Korkut Eken, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2023	J	`jnl`	Controlling the motion of gas-lubricated adhesive disks using multiple vibration sources. Frontiers Robotics AI Chengzhe Jia, Sankaran Ramanarayanan, Antonio L. Sanchez, Michael Thomas Tolley
2023	J	`jnl`	Desktop fabrication of monolithic soft robotic devices with embedded fluidic control circuits. Sci. Robotics Yichen Zhai, Albert De Boer, Jiayao Yan, Benjamin Shih, Martin Faber, Joshua Speros, Rohini Gupta, Michael Thomas Tolley
2023	J	`jnl`	Directionally Compliant Legs Enabling Crevasse Traversal in Small Ground-Based Robots. Adv. Intell. Syst. Emily Lathrop, Michael Thomas Tolley, Nick Gravish
2023	J	`jnl`	Scalable Fluidic Matrix Circuits for Controlling Large Arrays of Individually Addressable Actuators. Adv. Intell. Syst. Saurabh Jadhav, Paul E. Glick, Michael Ishida, Christian Chan, Iman Adibnazari, Jürgen P. Schulze, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2023	J	`jnl`	Toward Robotic Sensing and Swimming in Granular Environments using Underactuated Appendages. Adv. Intell. Syst. Shivam Chopra, Drago Vasile, Saurabh Jadhav, Michael Thomas Tolley, Nick Gravish
2022	—	`conf`	Anisotropic Forces for a Worm-Inspired Digging Robot. RoboSoft Dylan Drotman, Shivam Chopra, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2022	J	`jnl`	Branching Vine Robots for Unmapped Environments. Frontiers Robotics AI Paul E. Glick, Iman Adibnazari, Dylan Drotman, Donald Ruffatto, Michael Thomas Tolley
2022	J	`jnl`	Combining Suction and Friction to Stabilize a Soft Gripper to Shear and Normal Forces, for Manipulation of Soft Objects in Wet Environments. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Jessica A. Sandoval, Thomas Xu, Iman Adibnazari, Dimitri D. Deheyn, Michael Thomas Tolley
2022	J	`jnl`	Locomotion via Active Suction in a Sea Star-Inspired Soft Robot. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Michael Ishida, Jessica A. Sandoval, Sebastian David Lee, Sidney Huen, Michael Thomas Tolley
2022	—	`conf`	Open-loop printing of liquid metal for the low-cost rapid fabrication of soft sensors. RoboSoft Junda Chen, Benjamin Shih, Iman Adibnazari, Yong-Lae Park, Michael Thomas Tolley
2022	J	`jnl`	Power Amplification for Jumping Soft Robots Actuated by Artificial Muscles. Frontiers Robotics AI Adriane Fernandes Minori, Saurabh Jadhav, Haojin Chen, Samantha Fong, Michael Thomas Tolley
2021	J	`jnl`	Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots. Sci. Robotics Dylan Drotman, Saurabh Jadhav, David Sharp, Christian Chan, Michael Thomas Tolley
2021	J	`jnl`	Gas-Lubricated Vibration-Based Adhesion for Robotics. Adv. Intell. Syst. William P. Weston-Dawkes, Iman Adibnazari, Yi-Wen Hu, Michael Everman, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2021	J	`jnl`	Hard questions for soft robotics. Sci. Robotics Elliot W. Hawkes, Carmel Majidi, Michael Thomas Tolley
2020	—	`conf`	Classification of components of affective touch using rapidly-manufacturable soft sensor skins. RoboSoft Benjamin Shih, Emily Lathrop, Iman Adibnazari, Ricky Martin, Yong-Lae Park, Michael Thomas Tolley
2020	J	`jnl`	Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots. Sci. Robotics Benjamin Shih, Dylan S. Shah, Jinxing Li, Thomas George Thuruthel, Yong-Lae Park, Fumiya Iida, Zhenan Bao, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Michael Thomas Tolley
2020	J	`jnl`	Granular Jamming Feet Enable Improved Foot-Ground Interactions for Robot Mobility on Deformable Ground. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Shivam Chopra, Michael Thomas Tolley, Nick Gravish
2020	J	`jnl`	High Strength Inflatable Pouch Anchors. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Paul Glick, Dylan Drotman, Donald Ruffatto, Michael Thomas Tolley
2020	A*	`conf`	Robust capture of unknown objects with a highly under-actuated gripper. ICRA Paul E. Glick, Nikko Van Crey, Michael Thomas Tolley, Donald Ruffatto
2020	—	`conf`	Shear Strengthened Granular Jamming Feet for Improved Performance over Natural Terrain. RoboSoft Emily Lathrop, Iman Adibnazari, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2020	—	`conf`	Versatile rotary actuators for small-scale robotic systems. RoboSoft Iman Adibnazari, Byung Jun Jeon, Yong-Lae Park, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	J	`jnl`	Design Considerations for 3D Printed, Soft, Multimaterial Resistive Sensors for Soft Robotics. Frontiers Robotics AI Benjamin Shih, Caleb Christianson, Kyle Gillespie, Sebastian David Lee, Jason Mayeda, Zhaoyuan Huo, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	—	`conf`	Eversion and Retraction of a Soft Robot Towards the Exploration of Coral Reefs. RoboSoft Jamie Luong, Paul Glick, Aaron C. Ong, Maya S. deVries, Stuart Sandin, Elliot W. Hawkes, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	J	`jnl`	Jellyfish-Inspired Soft Robot Driven by Fluid Electrode Dielectric Organic Robotic Actuators. Frontiers Robotics AI Caleb Christianson, Christopher Bayag, Guorui Li, Saurabh Jadhav, Ayush Giri, Chibuike Agba, Tiefeng Li, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	J	`jnl`	Morphing Structure for Changing Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Soft Underwater Walking Robot. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Michael Ishida, Dylan Drotman, Benjamin Shih, Mark Hermes, Mitul Luhar, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	J	`jnl`	Soft Robot Actuation Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Substrates. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Daniel Ortiz, Nick Gravish, Michael Thomas Tolley
2019	J	`jnl`	Soft robot perception using embedded soft sensors and recurrent neural networks. Sci. Robotics Benjamin Shih, Cecilia Laschi, Michael Thomas Tolley
2018	—	`conf`	3D printed resistive soft sensors. RoboSoft Benjamin Shih, Jason Mayeda, Zhaoyuan Huo, Caleb Christianson, Michael Thomas Tolley
2018	J	`jnl`	A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Paul Glick, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Donald Ruffatto, Mark R. Cutkosky, Michael Thomas Tolley, Aaron Parness
2018	J	`jnl`	An End-to-End Approach to Self-Folding Origami Structures. IEEE Trans. Robotics Byoungkwon An, Shuhei Miyashita, Aaron C. Ong, Michael Thomas Tolley, Martin L. Demaine, Erik D. Demaine, Robert J. Wood, Daniela Rus
2018	J	`jnl`	Long-Duration Surface Anchoring With a Hybrid Electrostatic and Gecko-Inspired Adhesive. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Donald Ruffatto, Paul Glick, Michael Thomas Tolley, Aaron Parness
2018	J	`jnl`	Translucent soft robots driven by frameless fluid electrode dielectric elastomer actuators. Sci. Robotics Nathaniel N. Goldberg, Dimitri D. Deheyn, Shengqiang Cai, Michael Thomas Tolley
2017	A*	`conf`	3D printed soft actuators for a legged robot capable of navigating unstructured terrain. ICRA Dylan Drotman, Saurabh Jadhav, Mahmood Karimi, Philip deZonia, Michael Thomas Tolley
2017	A	`conf`	Custom soft robotic gripper sensor skins for haptic object visualization. IROS Benjamin Shih, Dylan Drotman, Caleb Christianson, Zhaoyuan Huo, Ruffin White, Henrik I. Christensen, Michael Thomas Tolley
2017	A	`conf`	Differential pressure control of 3D printed soft fluidic actuators. IROS Tom Kalisky, Yueqi Wang, Benjamin Shih, Dylan Drotman, Saurabh Jadhav, Eliah Aronoff Spencer, Michael Thomas Tolley
2017	—	`conf`	Soft robotic glove for kinesthetic haptic feedback in virtual reality environments. ERVR Saurabh Jadhav, Vikas Kannanda, Bocheng Kang, Michael Thomas Tolley, Jürgen P. Schulze
2017	A	`conf`	Towards rapid mechanical customization of cm-scale self-folding agents. IROS William P. Weston-Dawkes, Aaron C. Ong, Mohamad Ramzi Abdul Majit, Francis Joseph, Michael Thomas Tolley
2016	—	`conf`	A Modular Folded Laminate Robot Capable of Multi Modal Locomotion. ISER Je-Sung Koh, Daniel M. Aukes, Brandon Araki, Sarah Pohorecky, Yash Mulgaonkar, Michael Thomas Tolley, Vijay Kumar, Daniela Rus, Robert J. Wood
2016	A	`conf`	Feedback-controlled self-folding of autonomous robot collectives. IROS Martin E. W. Nisser, Samuel M. Felton, Michael Thomas Tolley, Michael Rubenstein, Robert J. Wood
2016	A*	`conf`	The flying monkey: A mesoscale robot that can run, fly, and grasp. ICRA Yash Mulgaonkar, Brandon Araki, Je-Sung Koh, Luis Guerrero-Bonilla, Daniel M. Aukes, Anurag Makineni, Michael Thomas Tolley, Daniela Rus, Robert J. Wood, Vijay Kumar
2015	J	`jnl`	Robot Makers: The Future of Digital Rapid Design and Fabrication of Robots. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Nicola Bezzo, Ankur M. Mehta, Cagdas Denizel Onal, Michael Thomas Tolley
2014	A*	`conf`	An end-to-end approach to making self-folded 3D surface shapes by uniform heating. ICRA Byoungkwon An, Shuhei Miyashita, Michael Thomas Tolley, Daniel M. Aukes, Laura Meeker, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Robert J. Wood, Daniela Rus
2014	A	`conf`	An untethered jumping soft robot. IROS Michael Thomas Tolley, Robert F. Shepherd, Michael Karpelson, Nicholas W. Bartlett, Kevin C. Galloway, Michael F. Wehner, Rui Nunes, George M. Whitesides, Robert J. Wood
2014	—	`conf`	Mechanically programmed self-folding at the millimeter scale. CASE Samuel M. Felton, Michael Thomas Tolley, Robert J. Wood
2014	A*	`conf`	Self-assembling sensors for printable machines. ICRA ByungHyun Shin, Samuel M. Felton, Michael Thomas Tolley, Robert J. Wood
2014	A*	`conf`	Simple passive valves for addressable pneumatic actuation. ICRA Nils Napp, Brandon Araki, Michael Thomas Tolley, Radhika Nagpal, Robert J. Wood
2013	A*	`conf`	Robot self-assembly by folding: A printed inchworm robot. ICRA Samuel M. Felton, Michael Thomas Tolley, Cagdas D. Onal, Daniela Rus, Robert J. Wood
2013	A	`conf`	Self-folding shape memory laminates for automated fabrication. IROS Michael Thomas Tolley, Samuel M. Felton, Shuhei Miyashita, Lily Xu, ByungHyun Shin, Monica Zhou, Daniela Rus, Robert J. Wood
2011	J	`jnl`	On-line assembly planning for stochastically reconfigurable systems. Int. J. Robotics Res. Michael Thomas Tolley, Hod Lipson
2011	A	`conf`	Programmable 3D Stochastic Fluidic Assembly of cm-scale modules. IROS Michael Thomas Tolley, Hod Lipson
2010	A*	`conf`	Fluidic manipulation for scalable stochastic 3D assembly of modular robots. ICRA Michael Thomas Tolley, Hod Lipson
2010	J	`jnl`	Stochastic Modular Robotic Systems: A Study of Fluidic Assembly Strategies. IEEE Trans. Robotics Michael Thomas Tolley, Michael Kalontarov, Jonas Neubert, David Erickson, Hod Lipson