Caterpillar-Inspired Insect-Scale Climbing Robot Using Dry Adhesives
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3183897
Abstract: Surface-to-surface transitions, vertical and inverted locomotion, and high payload capacity are important requirements for a climbing robot. Despite many previous approaches, the miniaturization of climbing robots that satisfy these requirements is still a big challenge.… read more here.
Keywords: insect scale; climbing robot; caterpillar inspired; surface ... See more keywords
Caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robot with distributed programmable thermal actuation
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf8014
Abstract: Many inspirations for soft robotics are from the natural world, such as octopuses, snakes, and caterpillars. Here, we report a caterpillar-inspired, energy-efficient crawling robot with multiple crawling modes, enabled by joule heating of a patterned… read more here.
Keywords: crawling robot; caterpillar inspired; actuation; inspired soft ... See more keywords