Journal
- Tong, D., Hao, Z., Li, J. and Huang, W. 2025. Inverse Design of Planar Clamped-Free Elastic Rods from Noisy Data. The International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. (Article link)
- Tong, D., Hao, Z., Liu, M. and Huang, W., 2024. Inverse Design of Snap-Actuated Jumping Robots Powered by Mechanics-Aided Machine Learning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. (Article link)
- Zhou, W., Peralta, J.D., Hao, Z. and Gravish, N., 2022. Lateral contact yields longitudinal cohesion in active undulatory systems. Physical Review E, 105(5), p.054604. (Article link)
- Hao, Z., Zhou, W. and Gravish, N., 2022. Proprioceptive feedback design for gait synchronization in collective undulatory robots. Advanced Robotics, 36(13), pp.654-669. (Article link)
- Zhou, W., Hao, Z. and Gravish, N., 2021. Collective synchronization of undulatory movement through contact. Physical Review X, 11(3), p.031051. (Article link)
- Zhu, X., Ning, D., Hao, Z., Huang, H., Sun, Y.Z., Jia, H., Sun, S., Yan, T. and Li, W., 2021. Modelling and experimental evaluation of a variable stiffness MR suspension with self-powering capability. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 32(13), pp.1473-1483. (Article link)
Conference
- Hao, Z., Zalavadia, S. and Jawed, M.K., 2024, April. Bundling and tumbling in bacterial-inspired bi-flagellated soft robots for attitude adjustment. In 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (pp. 340-346). IEEE. (Article link)
- Hao, Z., Lim, S. and Jawed, M.K., 2023, October. Modeling, characterization, and control of bacteria-inspired bi-flagellated mechanism with tumbling. In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 6608-6615). IEEE. (Article link)
- Hao, Z., Lim, S., and Jawed, M.K., 2023. Modeling and Characterization of Bacteria-inspired Bi-flagellated Mechanism with Tumbling. The Southern California Robotics Symposium 2023. (Article link)
- Hao, Z., Zhou, W., & Gravish, N., 2021. Synchronized swimming: adaptive gait synchronization through mechanical interactions instead of communication. In The 9.5 th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2021) (p. 55). (Article link)
Abstract
- Hao, Z., Lim, S., Zalavadia, S., Chin, D., Johri, S., Nagappala, V. and Jawed, M.K., 2024. Mechanical characterization of bio-inspired flagella interaction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. (Article link)
- Hao, Z., Lim, S., and Jawed, M.K., 2023. Modeling and Characterization of Bi-flagellated Robot with Tumbling. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. (Article link)
- Jawed, M.K., Hao, Z., and Lim, S., 2022. Bacteria-inspired Bi-flagellated Soft Robot with Bundling and Tumbling Behavior. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. (Article link)
- Zhou, W., Dezha-Peralta, J., Hao, Z., and Gravish, N., 2021. Synchronized swimming: collisions drive gait compatibility in undulatory robots. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. (Article link)
Thesis
- Hao, Z., 2021. Design principles for locomotion synchronization in undulatory robot groups. University of California, San Diego. (Article link)
Manuscript
- Ren, L., and Hao, Z.., 2020. A Simple Fix for Convolutional Neural Network via Coordinate Embedding. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.10589. (Article link)
- Li, J., Tong, D., Hao, Z., Zhu, Y., Wu, H., Liu, M. and Huang, W., 2024. Harnessing Discrete Differential Geometry: A Virtual Playground for the Bilayer Soft Robotics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00714. (Article link)
- Ye, B., Hao, Z., Shah, P. and Jawed, M.K., 2024. Bio-Inspired Pneumatic Modular Actuator for Peristaltic Transport. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.06823. (Article link)
- Tong, D., Hao, Z., Li, J., Sun, B., Liu, M., Wang, L. and Huang, W. 2025. Real-time simulation enabled navigation control of magnetic soft continuum robots in confined lumens. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.08864. (Article link)
