Logan Horowitz

Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley

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Logan Horowitz is a robotics researcher whose work bridges soft robotics, modular systems, and space-grade power electronics. His most influential contribution, "Inchworm-Inspired Locomotion in Untethered Soft Robots" (38 citations), introduces centimeter-scale, low-cost soft robots that mimic the anchor-slip gait of inchworms, enabling simple yet effective forward and backward motion—a foundational design for untethered soft robotics. He further advances scalable autonomy through "Scalable and Robust Fabrication, Operation, and Control of Compliant Modular Robots" (13 citations), which tackles the challenge of building robust robot collectives that adapt to unstructured environments via hardware redundancy and compliant modules. His earlier work, "Towards a Scalable, Self-Reconfigurable Robot with Compliant Modules" (4 citations), demonstrates planar modular robots with onboard sensing and communication, using flexible printed circuit boards rolled into loops. Notably, Horowitz also ventures into extreme environments with "An 840 V-to-120 V Radiation-Tolerant Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter for Space Robotics" (1 citation), a lightweight, efficient power converter optimized for space exploration. His research uniquely combines bio-inspired design, modular scalability, and high-performance electronics, positioning him as a versatile innovator in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial robotics.