Youtube channel

2023

Environmental force sensing helps robots traverse cluttered large obstacles

https://youtu.be/3dvaISmcJa0?si=Ma__sKxD2sO9YXam

Contact feedback helps snake robots propel against uneven terrain using vertical bending

https://youtu.be/bVijQxApB7A?si=ylP3DpD90MQc8mhl
https://youtu.be/rUfXYli2UU0?si=GY-EF2HJmTd_cFTD
https://youtu.be/NcxebZLhAMQ?si=13_05NpCUfFKQa14
https://youtu.be/1bM9XTvB7Mw?si=a9aF7xbGC675sBcl

2022

A terrain treadmill to study animal locomotion through large obstacles

https://youtu.be/0GyovqfQj2g
https://youtu.be/jxNwQlvkm4k
https://youtu.be/WtoJn2MEvqU

Cockroaches adjust body and appendages to traverse cluttered large obstacles

https://youtu.be/bc4hdj_a1_A
https://youtu.be/_MCw9r2t70M
https://youtu.be/gLd5n9rSg90

Snakes combine vertical and lateral bending to traverse uneven terrain

https://youtu.be/U8UXmh6MfYQ
https://youtu.be/98PT8YKAFvY

SenSnake: A snake robot with contact force sensing for studying locomotion in complex 3-D terrain

https://youtu.be/LsrOzqUTlSc
https://youtu.be/VLAGskN_PJA

Omni-Roach: A legged robot capable of traversing multiple types of large obstacles and self-righting

https://youtu.be/xx6whQ5xDEg
https://youtu.be/so2_AjDY6S0

A minimalistic stochastic dynamics model of cluttered obstacle traversal

https://youtu.be/jR6bv94KuuE

2021

Propelling and perturbing appendages together facilitate strenuous ground self-righting

https://youtu.be/9vZrHv-Y6jw
https://youtu.be/ulwWp2Br-go
https://youtu.be/PIa3G7HRlDM
https://youtu.be/jf5W-RxaUfw
https://youtu.be/OjAXBy8MdpA
https://youtu.be/5akQKEZf2Wg
https://youtu.be/WrfToEuDZKw
https://youtu.be/pUJ_TxjIyYY
https://youtu.be/6C7Z8FlxoCs
https://youtu.be/jiuSuj9sWPo

Locomotor transitions in the potential energy landscape-dominated regime

https://youtu.be/xus_Xs-Xpvw
https://youtu.be/xqFAeN9MlnQ
https://youtu.be/jT7nfON-Tfc

Shape-induced obstacle attraction and repulsion during dynamic locomotion

https://youtu.be/694XhJ5u7Fc
https://youtu.be/lCRtH-cvQr8
https://youtu.be/peIRv_iMzZ4
https://youtu.be/qvYTn1AiQDg
https://youtu.be/Q8a4z3PsEm0
https://youtu.be/Fi-Jdn3xU2o
https://youtu.be/d6_vZKdjqIc
https://youtu.be/huhssKPooV0
https://youtu.be/I5OoMpr3SSg
https://youtu.be/-Y4g_1bb6B4
https://youtu.be/RfuQT82Z8UM
https://youtu.be/bEA1F5iIBj0
https://youtu.be/2vJLHn9KIdM

Continuous body 3-D reconstruction of limbless animals

https://youtu.be/QsGgHHXlHrs
https://youtu.be/u6sI9J9nqpU
https://youtu.be/vD5x_NuuxEo

2020

Randomness in appendage coordination facilitates strenuous ground self-righting

https://youtu.be/QmccVocX1KU
https://youtu.be/n3xUmW_8pSA
https://youtu.be/69sekO0UXQ0

Coordinated appendages help accumulate energy to self-right on the ground

https://youtu.be/aWGojRufNbc
https://youtu.be/JzQUxBu8AXw

An energy landscape approach to locomotor transitions in complex 3D terrain

https://youtu.be/yphjjbpmO5Q
https://youtu.be/BgKXI8ypUUo
https://youtu.be/5e3Ccik3DC4
https://youtu.be/xFneY3ZSzE4
https://youtu.be/M9UMeEdxojY
https://youtu.be/LtNwFL-Sins
https://youtu.be/X1-xdN3uVi8
https://youtu.be/G_7cb3Mmd9M
https://youtu.be/wXrjmbF03eY
https://youtu.be/Eby3Ww0ngI0

Robotic modelling of snake traversing large, smooth obstacles reveals stability benefits of body compliance

https://youtu.be/u7y6QYM42cM
https://youtu.be/3K89FT0Zhws
https://youtu.be/VmLP_0lPtHE
https://youtu.be/xUkAD268k3w
https://youtu.be/9Rj5VSo5huA

2015-2019

Cockroaches use diverse strategies to self-right on the ground

https://youtu.be/W3pIJdcv2nw
https://youtu.be/CoP1-n89DpI
https://youtu.be/DNJL3ATHbtQ

Snakes partition their body to traverse large steps stably

https://youtu.be/RsT4IHM366U
https://youtu.be/Opi3xO0Tvok
https://youtu.be/3ZUHB9Qtir0

Dynamic legged traversal of large gap and bump obstacles

https://youtu.be/RO9TVPt5X-Q

Large gap traversal – First dynamic template for locomotion in 3-D terrain

Gart et al. 2018 Bioinsp. Biomim.

https://youtu.be/woS_BzPiqjc
https://youtu.be/UfM-HNBZizM
https://youtu.be/yXKVaG9ssiU
https://youtu.be/wldsMyd_NMA

Large bump traversal – Locomotion energy landscape reveals mechanical principles

Gart & Li 2018 Bioinsp. Biomim.

https://youtu.be/7ZfMls2l5O0
https://youtu.be/_I5vM6PgSbY
https://youtu.be/v1vXGOw5I_Q
https://youtu.be/ouPlzMfjN4k

Cockroach-inspired Winged Self-Righting Robot

Li et al. 2016, IROS

https://youtu.be/_ph705NvEHg
https://youtu.be/w9sObMHqXpc

Terradynamic Streamlining Inspired by Cockroaches

Li et al. 2015, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

https://youtu.be/qZdGK0rcTAQ
https://youtu.be/PpZNw9Oxo3U

Movie Archive (Chen Li’s PhD work; no longer active)