Nonlinear Model Predictive Growth Control of a Class of Plant-Inspired Soft Growing Robots
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3041616
Abstract: Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in considering plants as a model of inspiration for designing new robot locomotions. Growing robots, that imitate the biological growth presented by plants, have proved irresistible in unpredictable… read more here.
Keywords: growth; control; growing robots; growth control ... See more keywords
Model-Based Eversion Control of Soft Growing Robots With Pneumatic Actuation
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DOI: 10.1109/lcsys.2022.3175385
Abstract: This letter investigates the model based position control of soft growing robots with pneumatic actuation that extend according to the principle known as eversion. A dynamical model of the system which accounts for the energy… read more here.
Keywords: robots pneumatic; growing robots; control; control soft ... See more keywords