A Woodpecker's Tongue-inspired, Bendable and Extendable Robot Manipulator with Structural Stiffness
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3146954
Abstract: Woodpeckers have flexible and extendable tongues that they use to reach their prey through tiny openings in trees and insect burrows. This unique capability of their tongue represents a promising design for a tool for… read more here.
Keywords: woodpecker tongue; structural stiffness; robot manipulator;