SMRDC Winners
Graduate Category
First Place - "A Multi-stable Elephant Trunk Robot Capable of Abrupt Stiffness Change"
Zheng Kong, Yi Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Second Place - "A Passively Adaptive Legged Robot with Gear Differentials and Non-Backdrivable Prismatic Legs"
Seonghoon Noh, Yale University, USA
Third Place (Tied) - "8R-Folding Metamorphic Robot Based on Metamorphic Mechanism"
Mi Li, Wujie Shi, Southern University of Science and Technology, and Tianjin University, China
Third Place (Tied) - "An Origami-inspired Iris Valve"
Siyuan Ye, University College Cork, Ireland
Undergraduate Category
1st place - "COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator"
Henry Noyes, Nolan Smithwick, Northeastern University, USA
2nd place - "Continuum Robot and Intermittent Motion Mechanism for Quadruped Robot Applications"
Chuhan Jin, Qianwen Zhang, Chenkai He, Feiyue Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China
3rd place - "Underactuated Parallel Robotic Hand with Linear Trajectory Based on the Watt Linkage Mechanism"
Yinkai Dong, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Graduate Category
First Place - "A Lightweight Robotic Knee Prosthesis with Torque-Sensitive Nonlinear Elastic Actuation"
Minh Quang Tran, University of Utah, USA
Second Place - "A Novel Tip-Stiffness Improved Compliant Continuum Robot Based on Anti-Buckling Universal Joints"
Shiyao Li, Jiaxiang Zhu, Tinghao Liu, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Third Place - " The VEMO Antenna: A Self-deploying, Self-stabilizing, Origami-based Antenna"
Hunter Pruett, Nathan Coleman, Antonio Rubio, Brigham Young University, USA
Undergraduate Category
1st place - "A compliant Locking and Unlocking Mechanism for Launch Vehicle Applications"
Shaojie Zhou,Huiwen Zhao, Guining Yu, Jiawen Wang, Feiyang Han, Dalian University of Technology, China
2nd place - "A 4-Bar for a Hexapedal Walker"
Joe Sommer and Joshua Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, USA
3rd place - "Cable-driven reconfigurable robot based on tensegrity structures"
Yi Zhang, Kaiwen Hu, Zhiwei Wang, Qingyu Bu, and Yuanqing Dong, Tianjin University, China
Graduate Category
First Place - "An In-situ Collaborative Robot for Manufacturing in Confined Spaces"
Andrew L. Orekhov, Garrison L. H. Johnston, Colette Abah, Vanderbilt University
Second Place - "A High Precision Mirror Symmetric XY Positioner"
Jiaxiang Zhu, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Third Place - "A Modular, Open-Source Continuum Manipulator for Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles"
Justin Sitler, Stevens Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Category
1st place - "Heavy Lift and Carry Exoskeleton"
Hunter Andrieu, Nabra Asgedom, Sarah Bresnahan, Sanghyeon Chang, Bonham Ekleberry, Sara Elnahhas, Nathan Folta, Adam Hinson, John Kuempel, Brita Lyons, Jakob Lyons, Austin Petty, Ben Wardach, Zhao Yu, Virginia Tech
2nd place - "Design, Fabrication, and Verification of a Compliant Ankle Rehabilitation Robot (Flex-ARR)"
Adam Kim, University of Michigan
3rd place - "Coupled Finger Robot"
Jacob Shapiro, University of Notre Dame
First Place - "LaparoVision: An In Vivo Laparoscopic Wiper Mechanism," Jacob Sheffield, Amanda Lytle and Jake Hunter, Brigham Young University
Second Place - "A Novel Design for a Cable-Driven Parallel Robot with Full-Circle End-Effector Rotations," Marceau Métillon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Third Place - "Tangent Four-Point Radiation: Liquid-Activated Doubly-Curved Shaping of Layered Flexible Membranes," Hunter Pruett, Brigham Young University
2019 Winners
Graduate Category
"A Novel Two Finger Gripper With Adjustable Stiffness", Sri Sadhan Jujjavarapu, University at Buffalo
"The OriGuide: An Origami-Inspired Anti-Buckling Support for Medical Robotics”, Brandon Sargent and Jared Butler, Brigham Young University
"Design, Prototyping and Testing of a Novel Variable Stiffness Compliant Robotic Gripper with Jamming Sheets”, Yuan Gao, Ohio State University
"A Novel Variable Geometrical Structure Robot Hand for Linear-parallel Pinching and Self-Adaptive Grasping”, Chao Luo, Siyun Liu, Hong Fu, and Yixin Wang, Tsinghua University
Undergraduate Category
"Dog Mimicking Mechanism”, Mostafa Sedky, Sarah El Feqy, Mohamed Abdallah, and Fares Fawzi, Mariam Hegazy, American University of Cairo
"Design and Implementation of Autonomous Amphibious Robot for Water Surface Cleaning”, Iremanaz Cay, Sinem Sena Ertas, Moustafa Bekir, Merve Bosna, Istanbul Zaim University
"Automatic Anti-Stall System for Aircrafts (AASSA) with Release Mechanism”, Youssef Emad Ahmed and Abdullah Medhat Aly, American University of Cairo
2018 Winners
Graduate Category
First Place - "Novel Pin Array Universal Grippers for Self-adaptation and Dense-contact Grasping”, An Mo, Jingwei Su, Chao Luo and Hong Fu, Tsinghua University
Second Place - “A Self-Deployable Self-Stiffening and Retractable Space Structure (SDSR) Mechanism”, Nathan Pehrson and Sam Smith, Brigham Young University
Third Place - “Retractable Anti-Buckling Support Tube for Medical Robotics”, Brandon Sargent and Nathan Brown, Brigham Young University
Undergraduate Category
First Place - “VGT ROBOT: A Novel Obstacle-avoiding Pipeline Robot with Variable Geometry Truss”, Wenxiang Zhao, Guojie Hua, Juewei He, Xiongbin, Tsinghua University
Second Place - “A Novel Worm-inspired Wall Climbing Robot with Sucker-microspine Composite Structure”, Wenhao Yang, Chengle Yang, Ruijie Zhang, Tsinghua University
Third Place - “DSCL Hand: A Novel Linear Parallel and Self-adaptive Underactuated Robot Hand”, Xiaofeng Guo, Yunwei Xiang, Hu Yan, Tsinghua University
2015 Winners
Graduate Category
1st Place (Joint) - "A Meso-Scale Minimally Invasive Surgical Instrument"
Clayton Grames and Jordan Tanner, Brigham Young University
1st Place (Joint): - "Parallel Haptic Master Device for Steerable Needles"
Antonius G.L. (Teun) Hoevenaars, TU Delft
3rd Place - "BR2 manipulator with a soft gripper"
Naveen Kumar Uppalapati and Xiaotian Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Division
1st Place - "Design of a Transformable Wheel Robot with Passive Legs"
Carter Hurd, Ohio State University
2nd Place - "Mechanism Design of a New Brain Retractor for Robotic Neurosurgery"
Hsuan-Ping Kuan, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
3rd Place - "Development of an Elephant-Trunk Inspired Compliant Robotic Arm"
Yunfang Yang and Yixin Wang, Tsinghua University
2013 Winners
Mechanisms - Graduate Category
"Assured Safety Drill with Bi-Stable Bit Retraction Mechanism", Paul Loschak, Hao Pei, and Kecha Xiao, Harvard University
"Second Place: Monolithic Two-Degree-of-Freedom Pointing Mechanism (The Hepta-Flex)", Ezekiel G. Merriam, Brigham Young University
"A Contact-aided Composite Compliant Mechanism to Clamp and Stretch Soft Objects", Santosh Bhargav, present online from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Mechanisms - Undergraduate Category
"ORICEPS Origami-Inspired Robotic Forceps", Clayton Grames, Bryce Edmondson, Eric Call, Landen Bowen, Terri Bateman, Brigham Young University
"3D-Printable Compliant Control Valve", Weston Baxter, Zach Brough, Mitch Hortin, Joshua Kuhn, Jason Lund, Brigham Young University
"Design of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle", Jeff Kohler, Ohio State University
Robotics - Graduate Category
"A Quasi-Passive Compliant Stance Control Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis", Kamran Shamaei, Yale University
"Development of a Compliant Robotic Arm for Sensitive Manipulation", Nigel Cochran, Worcester polytechnic Institute
"A Gyroscopic Actuator for Turning Humanoid Robots", Andrew Boddiford, Charlie Manion, Kwan Suk-Kim, Pradeep Radhakrishnan , University of Texas at Austin
Robotics - Undergraduate Category
"Remote Controlled Robotic Firefighting System", Robert Richardson, Christopher Graf, Devon Hall, Matthew Lubaszka, Julianne Rudmann, College of New Jersey
"Underactuated End Effector with Novel Linkage System for Full-Sized Humanoid Robot", Michael Rouleau, Michael Heller, Matthew Frauenthal, Virginia Tech
"Small Autonomous Monitoring Platform for Lakes and Estuaries", Moustapha Diab, Uche Ezechi, University of Maryland Eastern Shore