Design, Modeling, Control, and Application of Everting Vine Robots

In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through pressure-driven eversion of flexible, thin-walled tubes. Here we review recent work on robots that “grow” via pressure...

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Main Authors: Laura H. Blumenschein, Margaret M. Coad, David A. Haggerty, Allison M. Okamura, Elliot W. Hawkes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2020.548266/full