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Three-bar tensegrity robot shows locomotion and unique capabilities

Aug 13, 2025

The paper, “Design of a Variable Stiffness Quasi-Direct Drive Cable-Actuated Tensegrity Robot,” by Jonathan Mi, Wenzhe Tong, Yilin Ma and Xiaonan Huang, is published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

The design files for the robot are available on Github.

Article: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/advanced-actuator-tensegrity-robot
Paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11072300
Github: github.com/UMich-HDRLab/tensegrity-robot-hardware