Dealing safely with nuclear waste is an imperative for the nuclear industry. Increasingly,
robots are being developed to carry out complex tasks such as perceiving, gras**, cutting …

Active control of the shape of soft robots is challenging. Despite having an infinite number of
passive degrees of freedom (DOFs), soft robots typically only have a few actively …

Everting, soft growing vine robots benefit from reduced friction with their environment, which
allows them to navigate challenging terrain. Vine robots can use air pouches attached to …

Soft growing vine robots show great potential for navigation and decontamination tasks in
the nuclear industry. This paper introduces a novel hybrid continuum-eversion robot …

Inflatable structures used in soft robotics applications have unique characteristics. In
particular, the tip-extension structure, which extends the structure from its tip, can grow …

Soft pneumatic actuators are used to steer soft growing “vine” robots while being flexible
enough to undergo the tip eversion required for growth. In this study, we compared the …

Growing robots based on the eversion principle are known for their ability to extend rapidly,
from within, along their longitudinal axis, and, in doing so, reach deep into hitherto …

Robot performance has advanced considerably both in and out of the factory, however in
tightly constrained, unknown environments such as inside a jet engine or the human heart …

Inflated-beam soft robots, such as tip-everting vine robots, can control curvature by
contracting one beam side via pneumatic actuation. This work develops a general finite …

The recent progress in materials and structures has kick-started the development of soft
eversion robot with the ability to grow in size. However, despite its promising capability to …