When permitted by the author agreement, publications will be posted as accepted manuscripts for open access. These links are available after the citation.
2025
- J. Allen, F.S. Bagci, K.A. Kim, M.K. Hofmann, and K.L. Dorsey, “A Feedback-Controlled Jamming Approach for Variable-Stiffness Actuators in Untethered Soft Robots”, Proc. 8th IEEE-RAS Intl. Conf. on Soft Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. (to appear)
- I. Ampomah Mensah, D. Leblebicioglu, and K.L. Dorsey, “Wireless Capacitive Measurement Board for Soft or Wearable Robot,” Proc. 8th IEEE-RAS Intl. Conf. on Soft Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. (to appear)
- L. Rizvi, I. Abubakar, and K.L. Dorsey, “Towards encoder-like tactile sensing with buckled beams”, in Proceedings of the 2025 26th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), Orlando, USA, 2025. (to appear)
2024
- D. Leblebicioglu§, I. Ampomah Mensah§, H. Gao*, M.S. Khan§, and K.L. Dorsey, “Soft Capacitive Sensor and Wearable Sleeve Towards Measuring Fluid Retention,” Proc. IEEE Sensors Conf., Kobe, Japan, 2024. (selected for lecture presentation)
- N. Hanson, I. Ampomah Mensah, S.F. Roberts, J. Healey, C. Wu, and K.L. Dorsey, “Controlling the Fold: Proprioceptive Feedback in a Soft Origami Robot,” Frontiers of Robotics and AI, vol. 11, 2024. Open access
2023
- Jack Forman, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Sarah Nicita, Rosalie Lin, Liu Yang, Megan Hofmann, Akshay Kothakonda, Zachary Gordon, Cedric Honnet, Kristen Dorsey, Neil Gershenfeld, Hiroshi Ishii, “FibeRobo: Fabricating 4D Fiber Interfaces by Continuous Drawing of Temperature Tunable Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” UIST 2023. Open access (runner up for Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards in Experimental, Fashion, Materials, and Students categories)
2022
- K.L. Dorsey, “Electronics-free robot has a nice ring to it,” Science Robotics, 2022. (Focus/commentary article). Northeastern repository.
- K.A. Kim, F.S. Bacgi, and K.L. Dorsey, “Design considerations for photovoltaic energy harvesting in wearable devices,” Sci Rep 12, 18143 (2022). Open access
- K.L. Dorsey, H. Huang, and Y. Wen, “Origami-patterned capacitor with programmed strain sensitivity,” Multifunctional Materials, vol. 5, no. 2, 2022. Northeastern repository
- K.L. Dorsey, S.F. Roberts, J. Forman, and H. Ishii, “Analysis of DefeXtiles: A 3D printed textile towards garments and accessories,” J. Micromech. Microeng., 2022. Received the JMM Emerging Leaders award! Northeastern repository
- S.F. Roberts, J. Forman, H. Ishii, and K.L. Dorsey, “Mechanical sensing towards 3D printed wearables,” Hilton Head Workshop, Hilton Head, USA, 2022.
2021
- K.L. Dorsey and N. Lazarus, “Lifetime of liquid metal wires for stretchable platforms,” Advanced Materials Technologies, no. 4, vol. 6, 2021. NSF PAR
2020
- O.A. Araromi, M.A. Graule, K.L. Dorsey, S. Castellanos, J.R. Foster, W.H. Hsu, J.J. Vlassak, W.H. Hsu, A.E. Passy, J.J. Vlassak, J.C. Weaver, C.J. Walsh, R.J. Wood, “Ultra-sensitive and resilient compliant strain gauges for soft machines,” Nature, no. 587, pp. 219–224, 2020. Complimentary access through Nature
2019
- K.L. Dorsey, “Reconfigurable Soft Capacitor with Variable Stiffness Ring,” in Proc. IEEE RoboSoft Conf., Seoul, Korea, 2019. Northeastern repository
2018
- K.L. Dorsey, M. Cao, G.A. Slipher, and N. Lazarus, “Mechanical isolation and temperature compensation in soft elastomer components,” IEEE J Sensors, vol. 18, no. 18, 2018
2017
- K.L. Dorsey, M. Cao, and N. Lazarus, “Mechanical Isolation Structures for Soft Elastomer Components,” in Proc. IEEE Sensors Conf., Glasgow, UK, 2017.
- N. Terasaki, K. L. Dorsey, M. Makihata, and A.P. Pisano, “Micro printing using microfluidics for printed biodegradable devices in trillion sensing,” in ECS Trans., 2017.