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Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

2023-08-01 to present | Associate Professor, Dean's Early Career Fellow (Mechanical Engineering)
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Victoria Webster-Wood

Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA, US

2018-08-15 to 2023-08-01 | Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering)
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Victoria Webster-Wood

Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, OH, US

2017-01 to 2018-06-01 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mechanical Engineering)
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Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, OH, US

2013-01 to 2017-01 | PhD (Mechanical Engineering)
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Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, OH, US

2012-05 to 2013-01 | MS (Mechanical Engineering)
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Victoria Webster-Wood

Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, OH, US

2008-08 to 2012-05 | BS (Mechanical Engineering)
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Analysis Pipeline for High-Dimensional Neuromechanical Model Improvement

2025 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72597-5_23
Contributors: Camila J. Fernandez; Jeffrey M. McManus; Yanjun Li; Michael J. Bennington; Roger D. Quinn; Hillel J. Chiel; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Biocompatibility of Asiga Dental Resins Using a Low-Cost Printer for Biohybrid Actuator Applications

2025 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72597-5_27
Contributors: Ashlee S. Liao; Kevin Dai; Bhavya Chopra; Saul Schaffer; Rebekah Adams; Ji Min Seok; Alaeddin Burak Irez; Yongjie Jessica Zhang; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Modulation and Time-History-Dependent Adaptation Improves the Pick-and-Place Control of a Bioinspired Soft Grasper

2025 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72597-5_24
Contributors: Yanjun Li; Ravesh Sukhnandan; Hillel J. Chiel; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Roger D. Quinn
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Passive Stability of Stance is Determined by the Relationship Between Natural Frequency and Walking Frequency

2025 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72597-5_30
Contributors: Shane Riddle; Gregory Sutton; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Hillel J. Chiel; Roger D. Quinn
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Towards Biophysical Network Simulation of Stochastically-Formed Neurospheres

2025 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72597-5_2
Contributors: Michael J. Bennington; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Incorporating buccal mass planar mechanics and anatomical features improves neuromechanical modeling ofAplysiafeeding behavior

2024-09-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.17.613591
Contributors: Michael J. Bennington; Ashlee S. Liao; Ravesh Sukhnandan; Bidisha Kundu; Stephen M. Rogers; Jeffrey P. Gill; Jeffrey M. McManus; Gregory P. Sutton; Hillel J. Chiel; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Ethics and responsibility in biohybrid robotics research

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-07-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310458121
Contributors: Rafael Mestre; Aníbal M. Astobiza; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Matt Ryan; M. Taher A. Saif
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A Preliminary Study on Factors That Drive Patient Variability in Human Subcutaneous Adipose Tissues

Cells
2024-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/cells13151240
Contributors: Megan K. DeBari; Elizabeth K. Johnston; Jacqueline V. Scott; Erica Ilzuka; Wenhuan Sun; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Rosalyn D. Abbott
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A computational neural model that incorporates both intrinsic dynamics and sensory feedback in the Aplysia feeding network

Biological Cybernetics
2024-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-024-00991-2
Contributors: Yanjun Li; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Jeffrey P. Gill; Gregory P. Sutton; Hillel J. Chiel; Roger D. Quinn
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Design and Characterization of Viscoelastic McKibben Actuators with Tunable Force-Velocity Curves

arXiv
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.04684
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2-s2.0-85146761351

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Bennington, M.J.; Wang, T.; Yin, J.; Bergbreiter, S.; Majidi, C.; Webster-Wood, V.A.
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FRESH-Printing of a Multi-actuator Biodegradable Robot Arm for Articulation and Grasping

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_10
Contributors: Avery S. Williamson; Wenhuan Sun; Ravesh Sukhnandan; Brian Coffin; Carmel Majidi; Adam Feinberg; Lining Yao; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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GANGLIA: A Tool for Designing Customized Neuron Circuit Patterns

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39504-8_14
Contributors: Ashlee S. Liao; Yongjie Jessica Zhang; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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It’s Alive! From Bioinspired to Biohybrid Robots

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15226-9_2
Contributors: Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Slug Battery: An Enzymatic Fuel Cell Tested in vitro in Aplysia californica Hemolymph

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39504-8_22
Contributors: Theo Cockrell; Kevin Dai; Michael J. Bennington; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Soft Tubular Strain Sensors for Contact Detection

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_16
Contributors: Kevin Dai; Abirami Elangovan; Karen Whirley; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Synthetic Nervous System Control of a Bioinspired Soft Grasper for Pick-and-Place Manipulation

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_23
Contributors: Ravesh Sukhnandan; Yanjun Li; Yu Wang; Anaya Bhammar; Kevin Dai; Michael Bennington; Hillel J. Chiel; Roger D. Quinn; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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The Tall, the Squat, & the Bendy: Parametric Modeling and Simulation Towards Multi-functional Biohybrid Robots

2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39504-8_15
Contributors: Saul Schaffer; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Biomimetic IGA neuron growth modeling with neurite morphometric features and CNN-based prediction

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.116213
Contributors: Kuanren Qian; Ashlee S. Liao; Shixuan Gu; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Yongjie Jessica Zhang
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Biodegradable, Sustainable Hydrogel Actuators with Shape and Stiffness Morphing Capabilities via Embedded 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202303659
Contributors: Wenhuan Sun; Avery S. Williamson; Ravesh Sukhnandan; Carmel Majidi; Lining Yao; Adam W. Feinberg; Victoria A. Webster‐Wood
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Semi-Automated Quantitative Evaluation of Neuron Developmental Morphology In Vitro Using the Change-Point Test

Neuroinformatics
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-022-09600-8
Contributors: Ashlee S. Liao; Wenxin Cui; Yongjie Jessica Zhang; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Biohybrid robots: recent progress, challenges, and perspectives

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2023-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac9c3b
Contributors: Victoria A Webster-Wood; Maria Guix; Nicole W Xu; Bahareh Behkam; Hirotaka Sato; Deblina Sarkar; Samuel Sanchez; Masahiro Shimizu; Kevin Kit Parker
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A Computational Approach for Contactless Muscle Force and Strain Estimations in Distributed Actuation Biohybrid Mesh Constructs

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_15
Contributors: Saul Schaffer; Janice Seungyeon Lee; Lameck Beni; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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A Magnetorheological Fluid-based Damper Towards Increased Biomimetism in Soft Robotic Actuators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
2022 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9811787
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2-s2.0-85136334187

Part of ISSN: 10504729
Contributors: Sukhnandan, R.; Dai, K.; Webster-Wood, V.
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A Synthetic Nervous System Controls a Biomechanical Model of Aplysia Feeding

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_35
Contributors: Yanjun Li; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Jeffrey P. Gill; Gregory P. Sutton; Hillel J. Chiel; Roger D. Quinn
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An integrated computer vision system for real-time monitoring and control of long-fiber embedded hydrogel 3D printing

Materials Today: Proceedings
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.272
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2-s2.0-85138761618

Part of ISSN: 22147853
Contributors: Sun, W.; Webster-Wood, V.
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Continuous fiber extruder for desktop 3D printers toward long fiber embedded hydrogel 3D printing

HardwareX
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00297
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2-s2.0-85127271211

Part of ISSN: 24680672
Contributors: Sun, W.; Feinberg, A.; Webster-Wood, V.
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Design of a Biomimetic Tactile Sensor for Material Classification

arXiv
2022 | Other
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2-s2.0-85128030241

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Dai, K.; Wang, X.; Rojas, A.M.; Harber, E.; Tian, Y.; Paiva, N.; Gnehm, J.; Schindewolf, E.; Choset, H.; Webster-Wood, V.A. et al.
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Design of a Biomolecular Neuristor Circuit for Bioinspired Control

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_23
Contributors: Ahmed S. Mohamed; Ashlee S. Liao; Yongjie Jessica Zhang; Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Joseph S. Najem
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GymSlug: Deep Reinforcement Learning Toward Bio-inspired Control Based on Aplysia californica Feeding

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_24
Contributors: Wenhuan Sun; Mengdi Xu; Jeffrey P. Gill; Peter J. Thomas; Hillel J. Chiel; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Modeling neuron growth using isogeometric collocation based phase field method

Scientific Reports
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12073-z
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2-s2.0-85130135777

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Qian, K.; Pawar, A.; Liao, A.; Anitescu, C.; Webster-Wood, V.; Feinberg, A.W.; Rabczuk, T.; Zhang, Y.J.
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Quantitative evaluation of neuron developmental morphology in vitro using the change-point test

ResearchSquare
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1527309
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2-s2.0-85134223082
Contributors: Liao, A.; Cui, W.; Zhang, Y.J.; Webster-Wood, V.
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SLUGBOT, an Aplysia-inspired Robotic Grasper for Studying Control

arXiv
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.11843
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2-s2.0-85143381796

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Dai, K.; Sukhnandan, R.; Bennington, M.; Whirley, K.; Bao, R.; Li, L.; Gill, J.P.; Chiel, H.J.; Webster-Wood, V.A.
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SLUGBOT, an Aplysia-Inspired Robotic Grasper for Studying Control

2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_19
Contributors: Kevin Dai; Ravesh Sukhnandan; Michael Bennington; Karen Whirley; Ryan Bao; Lu Li; Jeffrey P. Gill; Hillel J. Chiel; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Long-Fiber Embedded Hydrogel 3D Printing for Structural Reinforcement

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
2022-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00908
Contributors: Wenhuan Sun; Joshua W. Tashman; Daniel J. Shiwarski; Adam W. Feinberg; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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3D Printing Hydrogel-Based Soft and Biohybrid Actuators: A Mini-Review on Fabrication Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.673533
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2-s2.0-85105958024

Part of ISSN: 22969144
Contributors: Sun, W.; Schaffer, S.; Dai, K.; Yao, L.; Feinberg, A.; Webster-Wood, V.
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Tuning the mechanical and geometric properties of electrochemically aligned collagen threads toward applications in biohybrid robotics

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1115/1.4049956
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2-s2.0-85107163675

Part of ISSN: 15288951 01480731
Contributors: Sun, W.; Paulovich, J.; Webster-Wood, V.
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Volumetric MicroCT Intensity Histograms of Fatty Infiltration Correlate with the Mechanical Strength of Rotator Cuff Repairs: An Ex Vivo Rabbit Model

Clinical orthopaedics and related research
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001540
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2-s2.0-85100280338

Part of ISSN: 15281132
Contributors: McClellan, P.E.; Kesavan, L.; Wen, Y.; Ina, J.; Knapik, D.M.; Gillespie, R.J.; Akkus, O.; Webster-Wood, V.A.
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Correction to: Control for multifunctionality: bioinspired control based on feeding in Aplysia californica

Biological Cybernetics
2021-04-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-021-00865-x
Contributors: Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Jeffrey P. Gill; Peter J. Thomas; Hillel J. Chiel
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A Tunable Magnet-based Tactile Sensor Framework

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
2020 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9278634
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2-s2.0-85098710098

Part of ISSN: 21689229 19300395
Contributors: Harber, E.; Schindewolf, E.; Webster-Wood, V.; Choset, H.; Li, L.
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Ultra low-cost printable folding robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2020 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9340756
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2-s2.0-85102404240

Part of ISSN: 21530866 21530858
Contributors: Schaffer, S.; Wang, E.; Cooper, N.; Li, B.; Temel, Z.; Akkus, O.; Webster-Wood, V.A.
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Control for multifunctionality: bioinspired control based on feeding in Aplysia californica

Biological Cybernetics
2020-12-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-020-00851-9
Contributors: Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Jeffrey P. Gill; Peter J. Thomas; Hillel J. Chiel
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Biohybrid Actuators for Soft Robotics: Challenges in Scaling Up

Actuators
2020-09-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/act9040096
Contributors: Phillip Won; Seung Hwan Ko; Carmel Majidi; Adam W. Feinberg; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Bio-inspired Stochastic Growth and Initialization for Artificial Neural Networks

2019 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_8
Contributors: Kevin Dai; Amir Barati Farimani; Victoria A. Webster-Wood
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Kinesin and Dynein Mechanics: Measurement Methods and Research Applications

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1115/1.4037886
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2-s2.0-85041230403

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Organismal engineering: Toward a robotic taxonomic key for devices using organic materials

Science Robotics
2017-11-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aap9281
Contributors: Victoria A. Webster-Wood; Ozan Akkus; Umut A. Gurkan; Hillel J. Chiel; Roger D. Quinn
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Aplysia californica as a novel source of material for biohybrid robots and organic machines

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2016 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_33
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2-s2.0-84978898017
Contributors: Webster, V.A.; Chapin, K.J.; Hawley, E.L.; Patel, J.M.; Akkus, O.; Chiel, H.J.; Quinn, R.D.
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Effect of actuating cell source on locomotion of organic living machines with electrocompacted collagen skeleton

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/3/036012
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2-s2.0-84984706609
Contributors: Webster, V.A.; Hawley, E.L.; Akkus, O.; Chiel, H.J.; Quinn, R.D.
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Simulating muscular thin films using thermal contraction capabilities in finite element analysis tools

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.06.027
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2-s2.0-84978818927
Contributors: Webster, V.A.; Nieto, S.G.; Grosberg, A.; Akkus, O.; Chiel, H.J.; Quinn, R.D.
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Fabrication of electrocompacted aligned collagen morphs for cardiomyocyte powered living machines

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_43
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2-s2.0-84947081129
Contributors: Webster, V.A.; Hawley, E.L.; Akkus, O.; Chiel, H.J.; Quinn, R.D.
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Mechanical improvements to TCERA, a tunable compliant energy return actuator

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_41
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2-s2.0-84947074598
Contributors: Leibach, R.; Webster, V.; Bachmann, R.; Quinn, R.
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