Design, modeling, control, and application of everting vine robots

LH Blumenschein, MM Coad, DA Haggerty… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and
creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through …

Retraction of soft growing robots without buckling

MM Coad, RP Thomasson… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tip-extending soft robots that “grow” via pneumatic eversion of their body material have
demonstrated applications in exploration of cluttered environments. During growth, the …

Dynamically reconfigurable discrete distributed stiffness for inflated beam robots

BH Do, V Banashek… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inflated continuum robots are promising for a variety of navigation tasks, but controlling their
motion with a small number of actuators is challenging. These inflated beam robots tend to …

Piecewise linear strain Cosserat model for soft slender manipulator

H Li, L Xun, G Zheng - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently soft robotics has rapidly become a novel and promising area of research with many
designs and applications due to their flexible and compliant structure. However, it is more …

Model-based pose control of inflatable eversion robot with variable stiffness

A Ataka, T Abrar, F Putzu, H Godaba… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Plant-inspired inflatable eversion robots with their tip growing behaviour have recently
emerged. Because they extend from the tip, eversion robots are particularly suitable for …

A tip mount for transporting sensors and tools using soft growing robots

SG Jeong, MM Coad, LH Blumenschein… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pneumatically operated soft growing robots that extend via tip eversion are well-suited for
navigation in confined spaces. Adding the ability to interact with the environment using …

[PDF][PDF] Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application

S Al Harthy, H Sadati, C Girerd, S Kim… - IEEE …, 2024 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
Growing robots apically extend through material eversion or deposition at their tip. This
endows them with unique capabilities such as follow the leader navigation, long-reach …

Hybrid vine robot with internal steering-reeling mechanism enhances system-level capabilities

DA Haggerty, ND Naclerio… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuum robots have high degrees of freedom and the ability to safely move in
constrained environments. One class of soft continuum robot is the “vine” robot. This type of …

Highly manoeuvrable eversion robot based on fusion of function with structure

T Abrar, F Putzu, A Ataka, H Godaba… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite their soft and compliant bodies, most of today's soft robots have limitations when it
comes to elongation or extension of their main structure. In contrast to this, a new type of soft …

Soft Cap for Vine Robots

C Suulker, S Skach, D Kaleel, T Abrar… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …