Robotic Mobility and Construction by Growth

A robot for navigating an environment through growth is provided. The growing robot has a thin-walled, hollow, pressurized, compliant body that elongates the body by everting from its tip new wall material that is stored inside the body. The robot controls the shape of the body by actively controlli...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hawkes, Elliot W, Okamura, Allison M, Greer, Joseph D, Blumenschein, Laura H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS HEATING HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MOTOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL TRAILERS TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A robot for navigating an environment through growth is provided. The growing robot has a thin-walled, hollow, pressurized, compliant body that elongates the body by everting from its tip new wall material that is stored inside the body. The robot controls the shape of the body by actively controlling the relative lengths of the wall material along opposing sides of the body allowing steering.