Perrin Schiebel
Papers
12
Total Citations
306
H-Index
8
About
Perrin Schiebel is a leading researcher in bioinspired robotics and comparative biomechanics, with a focus on how animals and robots move on complex, deformable substrates like sand, mud, and rough terrain. Their work bridges evolutionary biology and engineering, revealing fundamental principles of locomotion that apply from ancient tetrapods to modern microrobots. Schiebel’s most cited study (95 citations) demonstrates how tail use improved performance on soft substrates in early vertebrate land locomotors, offering key insights into the water-to-land transition. They have also uncovered surprising simplicities in limbless self-propulsion through sand (48 citations) and developed models of how shovel-nosed snakes mitigate memory effects in hysteretic materials (40 citations). Schiebel’s contributions extend to shape-based compliance in locomotion (35 citations) and the coordination of body bending with leg movements in sprawled-posture quadrupeds (34 citations). Their work on the Harvard Ambulatory Microrobot platform has advanced insect-scale robotics, including bioinspired spines for rough terrain and electroadhesive pads for climbing. With over 300 total citations, Schiebel’s research is foundational for designing robots that move effectively in natural, unpredictable environments.
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- 2Surprising simplicities and syntheses in limbless self-propulsion in sand48 citations · 2020
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- 4Shape-Based Compliance in Locomotion35 citations · 2016
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- 6Dynamics of scattering in undulatory active collisions20 citations · 2019
- 7Robophysical Modeling of Bilaterally Activated and Soft Limbless Locomotors14 citations · 2020
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