Combined Soft Grasping and Crawling Locomotor Robot for Exterior Navigation of Tubular Structures
This paper presents the design, development, and testing of a robot that combines soft-body grasping and crawling locomotion to navigate tubular objects. Inspired by the natural snakes’ climbing locomotion of tubular objects, the soft robot includes proximal and distal modules with radial expansion/...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-02-01
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Series: | Machines |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/3/157 |