Robust, inexpensive resonant frequency based contact detection for robotic manipulators. - Spencer B. Backus; Aaron M. Dollar (ICRA, 2012)

A novel device to preserve intestinal tissue Ex-Vivo by cold peristaltic perfusion. - Raja R. Narayan; Natalie E. Pancer; Brian W. Loeb; Kristi Oki; Andrew Crouch; Spencer B. Backus; Yusuf Chauhan; Roger Patron-Lozano; Manuel I. Rodriguez-Davalos; John P. Geibel; Richard E. Fan; Joseph P. Zinter (EMBC, 2014)

Design of hands for aerial manipulation: Actuator number and routing for grasping and perching. - Spencer B. Backus; Lael Odhner; Aaron M. Dollar (IROS, 2014)

An Adaptive Three-Fingered Prismatic Gripper With Passive Rotational Joints. - Spencer B. Backus; Aaron M. Dollar (IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016)

Design and testing of the JPL-Nautilus Gripper for deep-ocean geological sampling. - Spencer B. Backus; Rina Onishi; Andrew Bocklund; Andrew Berg; Eric D. Contreras; Aaron Parness (J. Field Robotics, 2020)

Microspine Design for Additive Manufacturing. - Paul Nadan; Dinesh K. Patel; Catherine Pavlov; Spencer B. Backus; Aaron M. Johnson 001 (IROS, 2022)

LORIS: A Lightweight Free-Climbing Robot for Extreme Terrain Exploration. - Paul Nadan; Spencer B. Backus; Aaron M. Johnson 001 (ICRA, 2024)