From Coils to Crawls: A Snake-Inspired Soft Robot for Multimodal Locomotion and Grasping (IMAGE)
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- A tunable initial coiling structure soft robot (ICSBot) has been developed by combining theoretical calculations, finite element analysis, and direct ink writing technology.
- By mimicking the prey-handling behavior of snakes, ICSBot functions as a coiling gripper, capable of dynamic uncoiling, object grasping, and controlled release.
- By simulating the multimodal movement of snakes, ICSBot demonstrated sidewinding locomotion to navigate unstructured environments, accordion locomotion to navigate narrow tubes, and winding climbing locomotion to traverse tubular structures under near-infrared light radiation.
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He Chen, Zhong Chen, Zonglin Liu, Jinhua Xiong, Qian Yan, Teng Fei, Xu Zhao, Fuhua Xue, Haowen Zheng, Huanxin Lian, Yunxiang Chen, Liangliang Xu, Qingyu Peng, Xiaodong He.
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