Publications
2013
S. S. Desai, A. M. Ecker-Erdheim, A. M. Hoover. A large-area tactile force sensor for measuring ground reaction forces from small legged robots.
IEEE Intelligent Robots and Systems, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2013
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T. Zhang, F. Qian, C. Li, P. Masarati, A. M. Hoover, P. Birkmeyer, A. Pullin, R. S. Fearing, and D. I. Goldman. Ground fluidization promotes rapid running of
a lightweight robot. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(7):859–869, 2013.
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2012
Gray C. Thomas*, Clayton C. Gimenez*, Erica D. Chin*, Andrew P. Carmedelle*, and A. M. Hoover. Controllable, high force
amplification using elastic cable capstans. In ASME IDETC/CIE, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2012. ASME.
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Feifei Qian, Tingnan Zhang, Chen Li, Pierangelo Masarati, Aaron M. Hoover, Paul Birkmeyer, Andrew Pullin, Ronald S. Fearing, and
Daniel I. Goldman, Walking and running on yielding and fluidizing ground,
Robotics Science and Systems, Sydney Australia
Winner - Best Student Paper
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J.-M. Mongeau, B. McRae*, A. Jusufi, P. Birkmeyer, A. M. Hoover, R. Fearing, and R. J. Full. Rapid inversion: Running animals and robots swing like a pendulum
under ledges. PLoS ONE, 7(6) June 2012.
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2011
N. Kohut, A. M. Hoover, X. Y. Fu*, K. Ma*, S. Baek, and R. S. Fearing, MEDIC: A 5.5 g Legged Millirobot Utilizing
Novel Body-Supported Climbing, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Shanghai, China, May 2011
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2010
A. M. Hoover, S. Burden, X. Y. Fu*, S. Shankar Sastry, and R. S. Fearing, Bio-inspired design and dynamic
maneuverability of a minimally actuated six-legged robot, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical
Robotics and Biomechatronics, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2010
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D. Evangelista, M. J. Fernandez, M. Berns*, A. M. Hoover, and R. Dudley, Hovering
energetics and thermal balance in Anna's Hummingbirds (Calypte anna),
Physiol. and Biochem. Zool., Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 406-413, May-June 2010
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C. Li, A. M. Hoover, P. B. Birkmeyer, P. B. Umbanhowar, R. S. Fearing, D. I. Goldman, Systematic study of the
performance of small robots on controlled laboratory substrates, SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, Orlando, FL, April 2010
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A. Vijayaraghavan, A. Sodemann, A. M. Hoover, J. R. Mayor, and D. Dornfeld, Trajectory
Generation in High-Speed, High-Precision Micromilling using Subdivision
Surfaces, Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf., Vol 50, No. 4, pp. 394-403, 2010
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2009
A. M. Hoover and R. S. Fearing, Analysis of off-axis performance of compliant mechanisms with
applications to mobile millirobot design, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent
RObots and Systems, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 2009
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R. S. Fearing, S. Baek, P. Birkmeyer, K. Peterson, A. M. Hoover, J. Lee, K. Ma*, Biomimetic Millirobots, Biologically Inspired Robotics Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 2009
A. Vijayaraghavan, A. M. Hoover, J. Hartnett, and D. A. Dornfeld, Improving End-Milling
Surface Finish by Workpiece Rotation and Adaptive Toolpath Spacing, Int. J.
Mach. Tools Manuf., Vol. 1, No. 49, January 2009
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2008
A. M. Hoover, E. Steltz, and R. S. Fearing, >RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot,
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Nice, France, Sept. 2008
Best Application Paper Finalist
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A. M. Hoover and R. S. Fearing, Fast scale prototyping for folded millirobots, IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May 2008
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A. M. Hoover and R. S. Fearing, A Fast Scale Prototyping Process for Folded Millirobots,
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May 2008
Video
2007
A. M. Hoover and R. S. Fearing, Rapidly prototyped orthotweezers for automated
microassembly, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, April 2007
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2006
R. S. Fearing, R. Sahai, and A. M. Hoover, Rapid prototyping millirobots using toolkits and microassembly International Advanced Robotics Programme, Paris, France, October 2006
A. M. Hoover, R. E. Groff, S. Avadhanula, and R. S. Fearing, A rapidly prototyped 2-axis
positioning stage for microassembly using large displacement compliant mechanisms,
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 2006
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