Publications
C. A. Aubin, R. H. Heisser, O. Peretz, J. Timko, J. Lo, E. F. Helbling, S. Sobhani, A. D. Gat, R. F. Shepherd, Powerful, soft combustion actuators for insect-scale robots. Science 381, 1212–1217 (2023).
C. A. Aubin, B. Gorissen, E. Milana, P. R. Buskohl, N. Lazarus, G. A. Slipher, C. Keplinger, J. Bongard, F. Iida, J. A. Lewis, R. F. Shepherd, Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy. Nature 602, 393–402 (2022).
R. H. Heisser, C. A. Aubin, O. Peretz, N. Kincaid, H. S. An, E. M. Fisher, S. Sobhani, P. Pepiot, A. D. Gat, R. F. Shepherd, Valveless microliter combustion for densely packed arrays of powerful soft actuators. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118, e2106553118 (2021).
A. M. Torres, A. A. Trikanad, C. A. Aubin, F. M. Lambers, M. Luna, C. M. Rimnac, P. Zavattieri, C. J. Hernandez, Bone-inspired microarchitectures achieve enhanced fatigue life. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116, 24457–24462 (2019).
A. Xu, A. K. Mishra, H. Bai, C. A. Aubin, L. Zullo, R. F. Shepherd, Optical lace for synthetic afferent neural networks. Sci. Robot. 4, eaaw6304 (2019).
C. A. Aubin, S. Choudhury, R. Jerch, L. A. Archer, J. H. Pikul, R. F. Shepherd, Electrolytic vascular systems for energy-dense robots. Nature 571, 51–57 (2019).
K. W. O’Brien, A. Xu, D. J. Levine, C. A. Aubin, H.-J. Yang, M. F. Xiao, L. W. Wiesner, R. F. Shepherd, Elastomeric passive transmission for autonomous force-velocity adaptation applied to 3D-printed prosthetics. Sci. Robot. 3, eaau5543 (2018).
S. S. Robinson, C. A. Aubin, T. J. Wallin, S. Gharaie, A. Xu, K. Wang, S. N. Dunham, B. Mosadegh, R. F. Shepherd, Stereolithography for Personalized Left Atrial Appendage Occluders. Adv. Mater. Technol. 3, 1800233 (2018).