Chen Li

Terradynamics Lab

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Call for abstract: Robophysics at APS March Meeting 2026:
https://t.co/3gwBRtwTxb

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Podcast - Legged Robots Learn to Move on Sand - Lessons for combining learning and modeling approaches:

https://t.co/9AIl7k0UxL

Learn more at: https://t.co/P1UH9KID6l

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Podcast - Locomotor Transitions over Potential Energy Landscapes in Complex 3-D Terrain: https://t.co/kR6ug0RUte
Learn more at: https://t.co/P1UH9KID6l

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Podcast - Bio-Inspired Robots for Extraterrestrial Terrain Traversal:
https://t.co/lvASS5LbR0
Learn more at: https://t.co/P1UH9KID6l

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Podcast - Dynamic Ground Self-Righting: Principles in Animals and Robots:
https://t.co/di1RhB8CaA
Learn more at: https://t.co/P1UH9KID6l

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Samples of our recent work:
https://t.co/zn4AKy3QhI

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Call for abstracts to Robophysics focus session at APS March Meeting 2025, due October 25, 5 pm US ET: https://t.co/l2upkJDEeT

[Chen Li @lichen98]

@HopkinsEngineer @TheKrattBros @WildKratts_TV @jhumeche @PBSKIDS Thanks to @DivyaRa58028948, Gargi Sadalgekar, and Qiyuan Fu (graduated) for leading all the work and all the students who have contributed! Thanks to @TheKrattBros
and @WildKratts_TV for showing their great work! Also thanks to @BWFUND and @HopkinsEngineer for the support!

[Johns Hopkins Engineering @HopkinsEngineer]

The @TheKrattBros @WildKratts_TV "Fish out of Water" episode from our Terradynamics lab is now online! Starring @jhumeche Associate Professor @lichen98, PhD students Divya Ramesh and Gargi Sadalgekar, and their fabulous mudskippers. @PBSKIDS Watch: https://t.co/qXmSyW5YzW

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Call for Abstract at Robophysics at APS March Meeting 2024 (due Oct. 20):

https://t.co/I8qVSUD4sb

[Chen Li @lichen98]

@NatureNV We discuss how the authors' beautiful integration of modern data-driven learining & simulation with good models from vigorous experimental research has allowed their legged robot to run like animals on sand, with high performance and almost no failures.

[Nature News & Views @NatureNV]

A robot has learned to run on sand as fast as humans jog on solid ground. Find out how in this great N&V by @lichen98 and Feifei Qian. https://t.co/Qk4HSt3lGf

[Chen Li @lichen98]

SICB talk on robophysical modeling of spider vibration sensing of prey on webs: https://t.co/RoT1GbV7fB. Excellent work Eugene Lin!

[Chen Li @lichen98]

SICB talk on amphibious fish locomotion on mud: https://t.co/Gypt4TTgyI. Congratulations to Divya Ramesh for being selected as a DCB Best Student Presentation finalist!

[Chen Li @lichen98]

SICB talk on robophysical models of amphibious fish locomotion: https://t.co/jdgoiplo3y. Congratulations to Gargi Saldagekar for being selected as a DCB Best Student Presentation finalist!

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Beautiful work with compelling performance and robustness! Excellent example showcasing what marrying modern learning/simulation approaches with good physics models from prior fundamental, experimental research can enable robots to do in the real world!
https://t.co/6fJ76jZOpi

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Submit an abstract to Robophysics at APS 2023 in Las Vegas March 5-10, due Thursday Oct. 20, 5 pm US ET:
https://t.co/mfJthm6O9p. Anyone studying how robots work (on their own or as active/physical/synthetic/simulated models of natural systems) are welcome!

[Chen Li @lichen98]

A little perspective (with Kevin Lewis at JHU) on why we need alternative ground robots to traverse sandy and rocky extraterrestrial terrain and how we can progress towards them: https://t.co/4L3emWCe0v

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Our study (with Henry Astley at U. Akron) shows that snakes combine vertical and lateral bending to move through 3-D terrain common in the real world: https://t.co/q4AAl6c4ZN, https://t.co/D5AG3O4IV3

[Chen Li @lichen98]

Our paper is one of three finalists for ICRA 2022 Outstanding Locomotion Paper https://t.co/9sXWc8WYUM; https://t.co/Vn2N5Hn6Uv