New paper on robot tug-of-war

Embodied Timing Turns a Robotic Tug-of-War into Cooperative Transport

Atanu Chatterjee, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Poramate Manoonpong, Saad Bhamla. bioRxiv (2026)

We showed that the relative timing of pulls alone decides which team wins a robotic tug-of-war, and that robots sensing only their own motor current can use this to haul high-friction cargo and navigate a maze without communicating. Download the paper