Press Coverage

AIMRL research overview

• CU Boulder News: Science documentary series "Evolve"
• CU Boulder News: Bio-Inspired Engineering Video
• CU Boulder News return to research: AIMRL hits ground running

Video/TV

• Denver 7 News: CU Boulder hosts robotics showcase to celebrate Research & Innovation Week
• Science documentary on Curiosity Stream: ”EVOLVE” - PROTECT, Episode 4
• TED2015 (Presented by Prof.Bob Full): The secrets of nature's grossest creatures channeled into robots

Radio/Podcasts

• ”Smart FireFighting” with Kevin Sofen: Episode 223: From Crawling to Flying: Bio-Inspired Robotics with Heiko Kabutz
• TED2015 (Presented by Prof.Bob Full): The secrets of nature's grossest creatures channeled into robots

Books

• TED2015 (Presented by Prof.Bob Full): The secrets of nature's grossest creatures channeled into robots

AIMRL Paper Popular Media Coverage

Why animals can outrun robots, Science Robotics 2024

• CU Boulder Today: Robots can’t outrun animals (yet). A new study explores why
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mCLARI, IROS 2023[project page]

• IROS Best Paper Award: on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics in memory of Motohiro Kisoi sponsored by IRSI
• CU Boulder Mechanical Engineering: Jayaram and team win IROS Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
• IEEE Spectrum: Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
• TechXplore: Spider-inspired, shape-changing robot now even smaller
• Life Science: Tiny, shape-shifting robot could one day be used to perform surgery from inside the body
• Interesting Engineering: 2cm long? Shape-shifting spider robot touted to be rescue game changer
• Medium: The Revolutionary mCLARI: Reshaping Robotics and its Future Applications
• Robotic Gizmos: mCLARI Shape Changing Insect Scale Soft Robot
• TechEBlog: Researchers Unveil mCLARI, a Tiny Shape-Shifting Robot Capable Squeezing Through Narrow Spaces
• Tech Acute: Engineers Design Tiny Shape-Morphing Robot mCLARI
• GlobalSpec: This shape-shifting spider robot is 2 cm long
• Knowridge: Tiny spider-like robot gets an upgrade: smaller, faster, and stronger!
• inkl (Life Science): Tiny, shape-shifting robot could one day be used to perform surgery from inside the body
• hackster.io: In an Even Tighter Spot
• PerEXP: Reduced in Size: Miniaturized Robot Takes Inspiration from Spiders for Shape-Shifting Abilities
• Wonderful Engineering: This Tiny New Shape-Shifting Spider Robot Could Change Rescue Operations
• ExtremeTech: Engineers Develop Tiny Shapeshifting Spider Robot
• Inquirer Technology: Spider robot smaller than a coin can fit in tight spaces
• Olhar Digital [Portuguese]: “Robô-aranha” capaz de mudar de forma está ainda menor
• Enerzine [French]: mCLARI, un robot changeur de forme inspiré d’une araignée de 2 cm
• NextMe [Italian]: mCLARI, il robot mutaforma simile a un ragno di soli 2 cm

Design of CLARI, AIS 2023 [project page]

• CU Boulder Today: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• IEEE Spectrum: Video Friday: Squishable Bugbot
• Advanced Science News: Meet CLARI, the shape-changing origami robot
• TechXplore: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• Popular Science: This small, squishy robot is cuter than its cockroach inspiration
• 9News: CU Boulder creates robot that can be squished
• New Atlas: Insect-inspired robot gets skinny to go through gaps
• The Daily Science: Tiny robot inspired by bugs can change shape to fit through narrow gaps
• ENN: Tiny, Shape-Shifting Robot Can Squish Itself Into Tight Spaces
• Design News: Tiny Robot CLARI Squeezes into Tight Places
• Engineers Outlook: Sending the Robotics’ Discipline to Where It Hasn’t Been Before
• Interesting Engineering: Meet CLARI, a tiny insect-like robot that can shape-shift
• ScienceDaily: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• The Denver Gazette: Shape-shifting, tiny robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• Tech Times: CLARI: This Insect-Inspired Robot Is Invented to Fit Into Tiny Gaps
• Wonderful Engineering: This Tiny New Insect-Like Robot Can Actually Shape-Shift
• Control Engineering: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• Real Clear Science: Shape-Shifting Robot Can Squish Itself Into Tight Spaces
• News AZI: Tiny, Shape-Shifting Robot Can Squish Itself Into Tight Spaces
• AZO Robotics: Analyzing Miniature Modular Origami Passive Shape-Morphing Robots
• FOX31: Coming soon: A robot to help first responders
• DailyCamera: Tiny, bug-like CU Boulder robot has potential to aid first responders
• Cosmos Magazine: Tiny robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• gearrice: They invent a small insect robot capable of changing shape
• InceptiveMind: This tiny shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• TechEBlog: CU Boulder Engineers Unveil CLARI, a Squishable Shape-Shifting Robot That Can Squeeze Into Tight Spaces
• Mirage News: Shape-Shifting Mini Robot Squeezes Into Tight Spaces
• Simply Bots: CLARI: A SHAPE-SHIFTING ROBOT INSPIRED BY NATURE
• Knowridge: This shape-shifting robot can squeeze through tight spots
• GlobalSpec: This robot can squish itself
• hackster.io: In a Tight Spot
• News8Plus: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces
• City Life: CLARI: The Shape-Changing Robot inspired by Bugs
• OPP.Today: The Future of Robotics: CLARI, the Squishable Robot InspiredBugs
• nano werk: Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces (w/video)
• Eurasia Review: Tiny, Shape-Shifting Robot Can Squish Itself Into Tight Spaces
• Azad News Agency: Cockroach-Like Robot, Miniature Modular Origami Passive Shape-Morphing Robot
• World Time To Days: This shape-shifting robot can squeeze through tight spaces
• Open Access Government: Revolutionary shape shifting robot can squeeze into confined spaces
• geekWeek [Polish]: Niezwykłe możliwości maleńkiego robota. Będzie ratować ludzkie życie
• Descopera [Romanian]: Un robot minuscul care isi schimba forma se poate strecura prin cele mai inguste spatii
• MatriceDigitale [Italian]: CLARI: il robot insetto
• OlharDigital [Portuguese]: Novo robô minúsculo muda de forma e cabe em espaços apertados
• Reviltec [Portuguese]: Robô minúsculo que muda de forma pode se espremer em espaços apertados
• Epoca Negocios Globo [Portuguese]: Engenheiros desenvolvem robô minúsculo e flexível, que pode mudar de forma para acessar espaços estreitos
• CRUMPE [French]: Un petit robot qui change de forme peut se faufiler dans des espaces restreints
• Enerzine [French]: CLARI, le robot de 21 mm qui se glisse dans les moindres interstices
• citizenSide [French]: Un petit robot qui change de forme peut se faufiler dans des espaces restreints
• Engi's CONPAPER [Korean]: 작은 공간 탐색 가능한 '소형 형태 변환 로봇' VIDEO: Revolutionary shape shifting robot can squeeze into confined spaces
• 0xzx [Chinese]: 微型变形机器人可以将自己挤进狭窄的空间

Climbing using Electroadhesion, Sci.Rob. 2018

• Harvard Gazette: Robots with sticky feet can go where humans can’t
• WIRED: A bug-like robot uses electricity to walk upside down
• Cosmos: Robotic creepy-crawlies climb walls
• TechXplore: Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around
• DailyMail: Dancing on the ceiling!
• Futurism: Watch a tiny gecko-like robot climb upside down
• TechRadar: Harvard's bug-sized robot uses electric feet to explore tiny spaces upside-down
• ECN: Meet your future jet engine inspector sticky footed robot 
• New Atlas: Harvard's sticky-footed inspection robot can climb through jet engines
• VentureBeat: Harvard’s bugbot now walks up walls
• Science Daily: Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around

HAMR: Industry Collaboration 2018

• Rolls-Royce: Swarm Robots
• Futurism: Rolls-Royce is building cockroach-like robots to fix plane engines
• CNBC: Rolls-Royce is developing tiny 'cockroach' robots to crawl in and fix airplane engines
• New Atlas: Rolls-Royce is building robot roaches and snakes to repair airplane engines
• Telegraph: Rolls-Royce tests cockroach-like robots that help repair plane engines
• TechCrunch: Rolls-Royce demonstrates robotic bugs as the future of engine maintenance
• Engadget: Rolls-Royce may use bug-like robots to assist airplane engine repair
• Weekly Observer: Why Rolls Royce is developing a cockroach robot
• Creat Digital: These tiny ‘cockroach’ robots could be the future of engine maintenance
• Reuters: Rolls-Royce looks to robot snakes and beetles for engine upkeep
• TechNews: Rolls-Royce wants the cockroaches to repair the airplane engines/
• iMechE: Cockroach-style inspection bots will scuttle inside Rolls-Royce engines
• TechSpot: Rolls-Royce turns to robotic insects and snakes for future aircraft maintenance

Mechanically Mediated Transitions, JRSI 2018 [project page]

• Berkeley News: Cockroach-inspired robot is no crash-test dummy
• New York Times: How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going
• Science News: Watch this cockroach-inspired robot try to walk through walls
• LiveScience: There's a Reason Roaches Love Banging Their Heads Into Walls
• Express(UK): Robot COCKROACHES 'climb walls' as scientists celebrate ROBOTICS breakthrough
• Popular Mechanics: With 'Elegant' Cockroaches as Models, Scientists Build Robots That Crash and Keep Climbing
• Cosmos: Making robot roaches run into walls
• Scimex: Robotic roaches run headlong into walls without damage
• TechXplore: Teaching robots to climb walls by mimicking the cockroach headbutt
• SFGate: UC Berkeley researchers create terrifying robot-cockroach
• CrunchSci: Cockroaches intentionally hit their heads to better run up walls
• Current Biology: Teaching robots to climb walls by mimicking the cockroach headbutt
• NewsBuzz: Trilobites: How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going
• ScienceNewsforStudents: Cool Jobs: The art of paper folding is inspiring science
• Digital Trends: Spirit animals: 9 revolutionary robots inspired by real-world creatures
• Weather.com: Cockroaches Crash Into Walls To Escape Faster
• Daily News: How cockroaches crash into walls and keep going
• Fox News: UC Berkeley researches design cockroach inspired robot
• USA News: How cockroaches crash into walls and keep going
• New York Post: These mechanical ‘cockroaches’ could be the future of robotics
• Daily Cal: UC Berkeley researchers build wall-climbing robot based on cockroaches
• YCombinator: Cockroach Transitions by Crashing
• Albanian Times: Cockroach Inspired Robotics Discovered At California University
• 7 News Plus: How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going
• Hindu: “Crash” course from cockroaches
• NewsBuzz: Trilobites: How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going

HAMR: Autonomous Locomotion, BB 2017/ IROS 2017

• Harvard News: A cockroach-inspired robot
• Wyss News: Meet HAMR, the Cockroach-Inspired Robot
• IEEE Spectrum: You Can't Touch Harvard's New Ambulatory MicroRobot
• DFRobot: The Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot (HAMR) Moves Super Fast
• TechXplore: Cockroach-inspired Ambulatory MicroRobot is speedy, resilient and versatile
• Digital Trends: Harvard’s insect-inspired HAMR robot scuttles like a cockroach on meth
• Disruptor Daily: Harvard’s Cockroach-Inspired HAMR MicroRobot Attains Full Autonomous Ambulation
• Hackster: Harvard Is Pushing Boundries with This Tiny Cockroach-Inspired Robot
• Electronics 360: Cockroach Robot Can Run, Jump, Climb and Fall from Great Distances Without Getting Hurt

Confined Space Locomotion, PNAS 2016 [project page]

• Berkeley News: Cockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks
• New York Times: Cockroaches: Indestructible, and Instructive to Robot Makers
• Science News: Why is it so hard to squash a cockroach?
• Nature News: Biomechanics: Cockroaches inspire robot
• IEEE Spectrum: Exoskeleton Makes Robotic Roach Flexibly Squishy
• Atlantic: Why You Can't Keep Cockroaches Out of Your Home
• Wired: Rescue Robots Should be Built Just Like Cockroaches. Sorry.
• National Geographic: Amazing Video Reveals Why Cockroaches Are So Hard to Squish
• Army Research Labs: Cockroach-inspired robotics research supported by the Army opens ...
• BBC: Cockroach robots to the rescue
• Discovery: Teaching robots to climb walls by mimicking the cockroach headbutt
• CNET: Creep-tastic cockroach robot refuses to be squished
• Gizmodo: Roach-like Mini Robots To Help In Future Rescue Operations
• ARS Technica: Researchers squish cockroaches in order to design a robot
• Slash Gear: Robo-roach takes search and rescue tips from maligned pest
• LiveScience: In a Tight Spot? Robo-Roach Can Flatten Itself to Help
• Daily Beast: Why Scientists Want to Study Robot Roaches
• Los Angeles Times: If you can't squish 'em, join 'em: Scientists build cockroach robot
• CBS San Francisco: Creepy Cockroach Robots Could Save Your Life Someday
• ABC: Cockroach-inspired robot could help save disaster victims
• Verge: This robot cockroach could eventually help search-and-rescue teams ...
• Slate: Why Cockroaches Are So Difficult to Crush
• The Independant, UK: Scientists create robotic cockroach to search disaster areas
• MIT Technology Review: This Uncrushable Robot Cockroach Just Wants to Rescue You
• Mashable: Creepy cockroaches inspire potentially life-saving robot
• Inside Unmanned Systems: Researchers Looking to Cockroaches to Inspire Robot Design
• Telegraph, UK: Robot cockroach swarms could be released to find earthquake victims
• The Insider: CRAM Robo roaches for disaster recovery
• Defense One: The Army Has Made a Robot Cockroach
• Science Explorer: This Cockroach Robot Can Sneak Through Gaps Half Its Size
• Mental Floss: Cockroach Un-Squashability Inspires Robots That Can Squeeze ...
• Boston HeraldAn icky new hero: Roach-like robots may help in disasters
• Huffington Post: Cockroaches Are Even Faster, Tougher and Ickier Than We Thought
• Strait Times: Cockroach-inspired robots can squeeze through cracks
• Christian Science Monitor: Robo-roach to the rescue? Creepy bugs inspire lifesaving technology ...
• Livemint: Snug as a bug: the hated cockroach inspires a helpful robot
• Mirror, UK: Meet the robot cockroach that can squeeze through tiny gaps to ...
• NDTV, India: Cockroach-Inspired Robots Can Squeeze Through Cracks
• IB Times: Not all cockroaches deserve to be crushed to death
• PC Mag: Robot Cockroaches to the Rescue? - Robotics and Automation
• Tribune De Geneve [French]: Un Robot Sauveteur Inspire de Cafards 
• Futura Sciences [French]: Robotique Robot Puissant Rapide Taille Insecte 
• Paris Match [French]: CRAM le robot cafard sauveteur
• Usine Nouvelle [French]: Ce micro-robot s'inspire des cafards pour gagner en agilite 
• TF1 [French]: Un robot cafard pour sauver les victimes de catastrophes naturelles
• Les Explos [French]: Coquerelle a la rescousse

Mechanically Mediated Transitions, SICB 2010 [project page]

• Science News: Racing crash-happy cockroaches