Papers
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Total Citations
82
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About
X. Yamile Sandoval-Castro is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and bio-inspired locomotion, whose work bridges the gap between flexible actuation and practical robotic applications. Her key research areas include soft pneumatic actuators, reconfigurable mechanisms, and climbing robots for inspection tasks. Sandoval-Castro’s major contributions lie in developing soft actuators with tunable stiffness through metamaterial reinforcements and granular jamming, enabling robots to safely interact with fragile objects and humans. Her 2025 paper on reconfigurable soft pneumatic actuators has already garnered 17 citations, highlighting its impact on the field. She is also known for the Hex-Piderix, a six-legged climbing robot designed for vertical surface inspection, which integrates screw theory kinematics and image analysis for crack detection—a work cited 13 times. Her bio-inspired annelid robot for peristaltic locomotion (12 citations) and decoupled parallel manipulator analyses (10 citations) further showcase her versatility. Sandoval-Castro’s recent work on a four-bar linkage reconfigurable wheel (2024) demonstrates her ongoing innovation in adaptive robotics. Her research not only advances fundamental understanding of soft and reconfigurable systems but also addresses real-world challenges in inspection and human-robot interaction.
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- 2Kinematics of Hex-Piderix - A Six-Legged Robot - Using Screw Theory13 citations · 2013
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- 5Crack detection by a climbing robot using image analysis7 citations · 2013
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