Vine-Inspired Continuum Tendril Robots and Circumnutations

Smooth-backboned “continuum” robot structures offer novel ways to create robot shapes and movements. In this paper, we show how circumnutation, a motion strategy commonly employed by plants, can be implemented and usefully exploited with continuum robots. We discuss how the kinem...

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Main Authors: Michael B. Wooten, Ian D. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Robotics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/7/3/58