Selected Publications

2023

G P Sutton, N S Szczecinski, R D Quinn, H J Chiel, Phase shift between joint rotation and actuation reflects dominant forces and predicts muscle activation patterns, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2023, pgad298 Link

Liessem, Sander and Held, Martina and Bisen, Rituja S. and Haberkern, Hannah and Lacin, Haluk and Bockemühl, Till and Ache, Jan M. “Behavioral state-dependent modulation of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila” Current Biology , v.33 , 2023 Link

Nourse, William R. and Jackson, Clayton and Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Quinn, Roger D. “SNS-Toolbox: An Open Source Tool for Designing Synthetic Nervous Systems and Interfacing Them with Cyber-Physical Systems” Biomimetics , v.8 , 2023 Link

Sun, Wenhuan and Williamson, Avery S. and Sukhnandan, Ravesh and Majidi, Carmel and Yao, Lining and Feinberg, Adam W. and Webster?Wood, Victoria A. “Biodegradable, Sustainable Hydrogel Actuators with Shape and Stiffness Morphing Capabilities via Embedded 3D Printing” Advanced Functional Materials , 2023 Link

Bennington, M. and Wang, T. and Yin, J. and Bergbreiter, S. and Majidi, C. and Webster-Wood, V. “Design and Characterization of Viscoelastic McKibben Actuators with Tunable Force-Velocity Curves” IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics , 2023 Link

Hyun, N P and Olberding, J P and De, A and Divi, S and Liang, X and Thomas, E and St. Pierre, R and Steinhardt, E and Jorge, J and Longo, S J and Cox, S and Mendoza, E and Sutton, G P and Azizi, E and Crosby, A J and Bergbreiter, S and Wood, R J and Patek “Spring and latch dynamics can act as control pathways in ultrafast systems” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics , v.18 , 2023 Link

Mangan, Michael and Floreano, Dario and Yasui, Kotaro and Trimmer, Barry A. and Gravish, Nick and Hauert, Sabine and Webb, Barbara and Manoonpong, Poramate and Szczecinski, Nicholas “A virtuous cycle between invertebrate and robotics research: perspective on a decade of Living Machines research” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics , v.18 , 2023 Link

Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Goldsmith, C. A. and Nourse, William R. P. and Quinn, Roger D. “A perspective on the neuromorphic control of legged locomotion in past, present, and future insect-like robots” Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering , v.3 , 2023 Link

Alessandro, Cristiano and Prashara, Adarsh and Tentler, David P. and Tresch, Matthew C. “Inhibition of knee joint sensory afferents alters covariation across strides between quadriceps muscles during locomotion” Journal of Applied Physiology , v.134 , 2023 Link

Goode, C. K. and Sutton, Gregory P. “Control of high-speed jumps: the rotation and energetics of the locust (Schistocerca gregaria)” Journal of Comparative Physiology B , 2023 Link

2022

Sutton, Gregory P. and St Pierre, Ryan and Kuo, Chi-Yun and Summers, Adam P. and Bergbreiter, Sarah and Cox, Suzanne and Patek, S. N. “Dual spring force couples yield multifunctionality and ultrafast, precision rotation in tiny biomechanical systems” Journal of Experimental Biology , v.225 , 2022 Link

Chockley, Alexander S. and Dinges, Gesa F. and Di Cristina, Giulia and Ratican, Sara and Bockemühl, Till and Büschges, Ansgar “Subsets of leg proprioceptors influence leg kinematics but not interleg coordination in Drosophila melanogaster walking” Journal of Experimental Biology , v.225 , 2022 Link

Dinges, Gesa F. and Bockemühl, Till and Iacoviello, Francesco and Shearing, Paul R. and Büschges, Ansgar and Blanke, Alexander “Ultra high-resolution biomechanics suggest that substructures within insect mechanosensors decisively affect their sensitivity” Journal of The Royal Society Interface , v.19 , 2022 Link

Jackson, C. and Nourse, W. and Heckman, C. and Tresch, M. and Quinn, R. “Canonical Motor Microcircuit for Control of a Rat Hindlimb” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Goldsmith, C. and Haustein, M. and Bockemuehl, T. and Bueschges, A. and Szczecinski, N. “Analyzing 3D Limb Kinematics of Drosophila Melanogaster for Robotic Platform Development” Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Andrada, E. and Karguth, A. and Fischer, M. “The Shaker: A Platform for Active Perturbations in Neuromechanical Studies of Small Animals” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Riddle, S. and Nourse, W. and Yu, Z. and Thomas, P. and Quinn, R. “A Synthetic Nervous System with Coupled Oscillators Controls Peristaltic Locomotion” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Guie, C. and Szczecinski, N. “Direct Assembly and Tuning of Dynamical Neural Networks for Kinematics” Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Deeming, D. C. and Harrison, S. L. and Sutton, G. P. “Inter-relationships among body mass, jaw musculature and bite force in birds” Journal of Zoology , v.317 , 2022 Link

Guschlbauer, Christoph and Hooper, Scott L. and Mantziaris, Charalampos and Schwarz, Anna and Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Büschges, Ansgar “Correlation between ranges of leg walking angles and passive rest angles among leg types in stick insects” Current Biology , v.32 , 2022 Link

Scharzenberger, C. and Hunt, A. “A Functional Subnetwork Approach to Multistate Central Pattern Generator Phase Difference Control” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Harris, Christian M. and Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Büschges, Ansgar and Zill, Sasha N. “Sensory signals of unloading in insects are tuned to distinguish leg slipping from load variations in gait: experimental and modeling studies” Journal of Neurophysiology , v.128 , 2022 Link

Kundu, B. and Rogers, S. and Sutton, G. “Quasi-static Modeling of Feeding Behavior in Aplysia Californica” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Nourse, W. and Szczecinski, N. and Quinn, R. “SNS-Toolbox: A Tool for Efficient Simulation of Synthetic Nervous Systems” Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Stark, H. and Fischer, M. and Andrada, E. “The Modelling of Different Dog Breeds on the Basis of a Validated Model” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Basrai, D. and Andrada, E. and Weber, J. and Fischer, M. and Tresch, M. “Using DeepLabCut to Predict Locations of Subdermal Landmarks from Video” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Li, Y. and Webster-Wood, V. and Gill, J. and Sutton, G. and Chiel, H. and Quinn, R. “A Synthetic Nervous System Controls a Biomechanical Model of Aplysia Feeding” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Deng, Kaiyu and Hunt, Alexander J. and Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Tresch, Matthew C. and Chiel, Hillel J. and Heckman, C. J. and Quinn, Roger D. “Biomechanical and Sensory Feedback Regularize the Behavior of Different Locomotor Central Pattern Generators” Biomimetics , v.7 , 2022 Link

Andrada, Emanuel and Mothes, Oliver and Stark, Heiko and Tresch, Matthew C. and Denzler, Joachim and Fischer, Martin S. and Blickhan, Reinhard “Limb, joint and pelvic kinematic control in the quail coping with steps upwards and downwards” Scientific Reports , v.12 , 2022 Link

Sun, Wenhuan and Feinberg, Adam and Webster-Wood, Victoria “Continuous fiber extruder for desktop 3D printers toward long fiber embedded hydrogel 3D printing” HardwareX , v.11 , 2022 Link

Dai, K. and Sukhnandan, R. and Bennington, M. and Whirley, K. and Bao, R. and Li, L. and Gill, J. and Hillel, C. and Webster-Wood, V. “SLUGBOT, an Aplysia-Inspired Robotic Grasper for Studying Control” Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems , 2022 Link

Young, Fletcher R. and Chiel, Hillel J. and Tresch, Matthew C. and Heckman, Charles J. and Hunt, Alexander J. and Quinn, Roger D. “Analyzing Modeled Torque Profiles to Understand Scale-Dependent Active Muscle Responses in the Hip Joint” Biomimetics , v.7 , 2022 Link

2021
Szczecinski, Nicholas S and Dallmann, Chris J and Quinn, Roger D and Zill, Sasha N “A computational model of insect campaniform sensilla predicts encoding of forces during walking” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics , v.16 , 2021 Link

Sinha, Nirvik and Heckman, C.J. and Yang, Yuan “Slowly activating outward membrane currents generate input-output sub-harmonic cross frequency coupling in neurons” Journal of Theoretical Biology , v.509 , 2021 Link

Sun, Wenhuan and Tashman, Joshua W. and Shiwarski, Daniel J. and Feinberg, Adam W. and Webster-Wood, Victoria A. “Long-Fiber Embedded Hydrogel 3D Printing for Structural Reinforcement” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering , 2021 Link

Söhnel, Katja and Andrada, Emanuel and de Lussanet, Marc H.E. and Wagner, Heiko and Fischer, Martin S. and Rode, Christian “Single limb dynamics of jumping turns in dogs” Research in Veterinary Science , v.140 , 2021 Link

Goldsmith, C A and Quinn, R D and Szczecinski, N S “Investigating the role of low level reinforcement reflex loops in insect locomotion” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics , v.16 , 2021 Link

Huan, Yu and Gill, Jeffrey P and Fritzinger, Johanna B and Patel, Paras R and Richie, Julianna M and Della Valle, Elena and Weiland, James D and Chestek, Cynthia A and Chiel, Hillel J “Carbon fiber electrodes for intracellular recording and stimulation” Journal of Neural Engineering , v.18 , 2021 Link

Zill, Sasha N. and Dallmann, Chris J and Szczecinski, Nicholas and Büschges, Ansgar and Schmitz, Josef “Evaluation of force feedback in walking using joint torques as ‘naturalistic’ stimuli” Journal of Neurophysiology , 2021 Link

Serrancolí, Gil and Alessandro, Cristiano and Tresch, Matthew C. “The Effects of Mechanical Scale on Neural Control and the Regulation of Joint Stability” International Journal of Molecular Sciences , v.22 , 2021 Link

Stark, Heiko and Fischer, Martin S. and Hunt, Alexander and Young, Fletcher and Quinn, Roger and Andrada, Emanuel “A three-dimensional musculoskeletal model of the dog” Scientific Reports , v.11 , 2021 Link

Sun, Wenhuan and Schaffer, Saul and Dai, Kevin and Yao, Lining and Feinberg, Adam and Webster-Wood, Victoria “3D Printing Hydrogel-Based Soft and Biohybrid Actuators: A Mini-Review on Fabrication Techniques, Applications, and Challenges” Frontiers in Robotics and AI , v.8 , 2021 Link

Burrows, M. and Ghosh, A. and Sutton, G. P. and Yeshwanth, H. M. and Rogers, S. M. and Sane, S. P. “Jumping in lantern bugs (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae)” Journal of Experimental Biology , v.224 , 2021 Link

2020

Szczecinski, Nicholas S. and Quinn, Roger D. and Hunt, Alexander J. “Extending the Functional Subnetwork Approach to a Generalized Linear Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Model” Frontiers in Neurorobotics , v.14 , 2020 Link

Webster-Wood, Victoria A. and Gill, Jeffrey P. and Thomas, Peter J. and Chiel, Hillel J. “Control for multifunctionality: bioinspired control based on feeding in Aplysia californica” Biological Cybernetics , v.114 , 2020 Link