Jianguo Zhao

Roboticist working on soft robotics, reconfigurable robots, artificial muscle, dynamics and control

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

How can a flying robot perch onto a tilted surface? Usually, precise control is needed to align the drone's orientation with the surface, but our design itself can compensate for the misalignment. Just fly toward the surface, and it perches.
https://t.co/uYVUz7MAPF
@CSUMechEngr

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@RobStride_com Is this the one you are talking about? $550 is a great price!

https://t.co/YG7LPbZmB8

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@xiaolonw Nice results! Where can I find a link to the paper?

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@YuXiang_IRVL No problem! I think you can just replace the default gripper with LEAP hands.

We recently purchased one YAM from i2rt: it seems a high-quality arm.

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@xdcmu Congrats, Xiaoguang!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

We developed a tunable perching mechanism for aerial robots using a bistable mechanism + Shape Memory Alloy actuators. It enables fast, robust perching on smooth, tilted surfaces—no precise orientation control needed.

#Robotics #AerialRobots #SoftRobotics #Drones #Perching

[Advanced Portfolio News @AdvPortfolio]

This aerial robot lands and attaches to surfaces using a tunable perching mechanism.

This design adapts to varying contact speeds and misalignments, expanding applications in environmental monitoring and infrastructure inspection.

Find out more: https://t.co/C6h4Tox5DC

[John Volckens @Smogdr]

Multiple TT positions in engineering using artificial intelligence. Come work at #CSU in a great city and with awesome colleagues! Colorado State University | Engineering with Artificial Intelligence Assistant/Associate Professor - All Fields https://t.co/BayKis0DhN

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

Have you ever played with a slap bracelet? From a straight shape, it quickly curls around your wrist.

Using this concept, we've developed bistable grippers that automatically close upon contact. Check it out here: https://t.co/NjyQxef4qB

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@ProfHaoSu @HyunwooYuk Huge Congrats, Hao!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@xdcmu @VanderbiltU @ViseVanderbilt Congrats, Xiaoguang!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@ZappyZappy7 Thanks for posting our work!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@Bark_Lab @DrawImpacts Looks great!

[Colorado State University Research @ResearchCSU]

But have you ever seen a robot do this?

@CSUMechEngr develops morphing robots with gripping, climbing, and flattening capabilities that mimic natural organisms. 🤖🦾 https://t.co/fb2juM5CO7

#UnitedinDiscovery | #ResearchCSU
@CSUEngineering @ColoradoStateU

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

.@JiefengS, @Zhao_Robotics et al. from @ColoradoStateU @CSUEngineering @CSUMechEngr propose an embedded method, enabling robots to adapt to environments or tasks by changing their #morphologies through embedded #actuation, #sensing, and #shape locking.
https://t.co/Y6yHoP0TSO

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@Bark_Lab @NatureComms @JiefengS Thanks, Dave!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

Excited to announce our results on shape-morphing robots, published in @NatureComms: https://t.co/SaBoUGo1ZT

Special gratitude to my exceptional students: @JiefengS, soon-to-be Assistant Professor at ASU, and E. Lerner, B. Tighe, and C. Middlemist.

#Robot #research #morphing

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@theghoshlab @NatureComms @JiefengS Thanks, Soham!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@theghoshlab @NSF @NASA @ISS_CASIS Congrats, Soham!

[Jianguo Zhao @Zhao_Robotics]

@JieYinLab @NatureComms @YaoyeHong @helenhehuang8 @YaoZhao02294 @YanbinLi4 Congrats! Very interesting work!