Publications — Aaron Ong

Research & Patents

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Work spanning bioinspired robotics, human-computer interaction, and energy storage systems.

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Patents

Published · US

Integrated Heater for Battery

US20250385339A1 · Tesla Inc. · 2025 · USPTO →

A battery management board assembly with integrated heating elements that thermally condition lithium-ion cells in cold environments — enabling smaller, higher-performance EV battery packs.

Published · PCT

Fungible Cell Packs for Energy Storage Devices

WO2025240559 · Tesla Inc. · 2025 · WIPO →

A modular cell pack architecture where the same cells can power devices with different operating voltages — simply by reorienting how the cells are electrically connected.

7 Publications · h-index: 5

A biologically inspired, flapping-wing, hybrid aerial-aquatic microrobot

Chen Y., Wang H., Helbling E.F., Jafferis N.T., Zufferey R., Ong A., … Wood R.J.
Science Robotics, 2017

Towards flexible ridesharing experiences: Human-Centered Design of segmented shared spaces

Ong A., Troncoso J., Yeung A., Kim E., Agogino A.M.
Int. Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction, 2019

Eversion and Retraction of a Soft Robot Towards the Exploration of Coral Reefs

Luong J.*, Glick P.*, Ong A.*, deVries M.S., Sandin S., Hawkes E.W., Tolley M.T.
IEEE RoboSoft, 2019

An End-to-End Approach to Self-Folding Origami Structures

An B., Miyashita S., Ong A., Tolley M.T., Demaine M., Wood R., Rus D.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2018