Baxi Chong (Zhong)
Baxi Chong's (Zhong) research interests include locomotion in biology and robotics; robot-inspired biology to link form and function in extinct species; bio-inspired robotics to diversify robot morphologies for task- and environment-specific adaptation; and scaling laws governing computational and mechanical cost of transport.
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Probabilistic Approach to Feedback Control Enhances Multilegged Locomotion on Rugged Landscapes
He, J., Chong, B., Lin, J., Xu, Z., Bagheri, H., Flores, E. & Goldman, D. I., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41, p. 4776-4793 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Roadmap for animate matter
Volpe, G., Araújo, N. A. M., Guix, M., Miodownik, M., Martin, N., Alvarez, L., Simmchen, J., Leonardo, R. D., Pellicciotta, N., Martinet, Q., Palacci, J., Ng, W. K., Saxena, D., Sapienza, R., Nadine, S., Mano, J. F., Mahdavi, R., Beck Adiels, C., Forth, J. & Santangelo, C. & 20 others, , Aug 18 2025, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 37, 33, 333501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Erratum: Correction: Active and passive mechanics for rugose terrain traversal in centipedes (The Journal of experimental biology (2023) 226 4 PII: jeb247054)
Diaz, K., Erickson, E., Chong, B., Soto, D. & Goldman, D. I., Feb 1 2024, In: The Journal of experimental biology. 227, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Geometric phase predicts locomotion performance in undulating living systems across scales
Rieser, J. M., Chong, B., Gong, C., Astley, H. C., Schiebel, P. E., Diaz, K., Pierce, C. J., Lu, H., Hatton, R. L., Choset, H. & Goldman, D. I., Jun 11 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 24, e2320517121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multilegged matter transport: A framework for locomotion on noisy landscapes
Chong, B., He, J., Soto, D., Wang, T., Irvine, D., Blekherman, G. & Goldman, D. I., May 5 2023, In: Science. 380, 6644, p. 505-519 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optimizing contact patterns for robot locomotion via geometric mechanics
Chong, B., Wang, T., Bo, L., Li, S., Muthukrishnan, P. C., He, J., Irvine, D., Choset, H., Blekherman, G. & Goldman, D. I., Sep 2023, In: International Journal of Robotics Research. 42, 10, p. 859-873 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Self-propulsion via slipping: Frictional swimming in multilegged locomotors
Chong, B., He, J., Li, S., Erickson, E., Diaz, K., Wang, T., Soto, D. & Goldman, D. I., Mar 8 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 11, e2213698120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Active and passive mechanics for rugose terrain traversal in centipedes
Diaz, K., Erickson, E., Chong, B., Soto, D. & Goldman, D. I., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 226, 4, jeb244688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mechanical intelligence simplifies control in terrestrial limbless locomotion
Wang, T., Pierce, C., Kojouharov, V., Chong, B., Diaz, K., Lu, H. & Goldman, D. I., Dec 20 2023, In: Science Robotics. 8, 85, eadi2243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A general locomotion control framework for multi-legged locomotors
Chong, B., O Aydin, Y., Rieser, J. M., Sartoretti, G., Wang, T., Whitman, J., Kaba, A., Aydin, E., McFarland, C., Diaz Cruz, K., Rankin, J. W., Michel, K. B., Nicieza, A., Hutchinson, J. R., Choset, H. & Goldman, D. I., Jul 1 2022, In: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. 17, 4, 046015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coordinating tiny limbs and long bodies: Geometric mechanics of lizard terrestrial swimming
Chong, B., Wang, T., Erickson, E., Bergmann, P. J. & Goldman, D. I., Jul 5 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 27, e2118456119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coordination of lateral body bending and leg movements for sprawled posture quadrupedal locomotion
Chong, B., Aydin, Y. O., Gong, C., Sartoretti, G., Wu, Y., Rieser, J. M., Xing, H., Schiebel, P. E., Rankin, J. W., Michel, K. B., Nicieza, A., Hutchinson, J. R., Goldman, D. I. & Choset, H., Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Robotics Research. 40, 4-5, p. 747-763 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Frequency modulation of body waves to improve performance of sidewinding robots
Chong, B., Wang, T., Rieser, J. M., Lin, B., Kaba, A., Blekherman, G., Choset, H. & Goldman, D. I., Dec 2021, In: International Journal of Robotics Research. 40, 12-14, p. 1547-1562 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reconstruction of Backbone Curves for Snake Robots
Wang, T., Lin, B., Chong, B., Whitman, J., Travers, M., Goldman, D. I., Blekherman, G. & Choset, H., Apr 2021, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6, 2, p. 3264-3270 7 p., 9363616.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Surprising simplicities and syntheses in limbless self-propulsion in sand
Astley, H. C., Mendelson, J. R., Dai, J., Gong, C., Chong, B., Rieser, J. M., Schiebel, P. E., Sharpe, S. S., Hatton, R. L., Choset, H. & Goldman, D. I., 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 223, 5, jeb103564.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
