A Tip Mount for Transporting Sensors and Tools using Soft Growing Robots
Sang-Goo Jeong,Margaret M. Coad,Laura H. Blumenschein,Ming Luo,Usman Mehmood,Ji Hun Kim,Allison M. Okamura,Jee-Hwan Ryu,Sang-Goo Jeong,Margaret M. Coad,Laura H. Blumenschein,Ming Luo,Usman Mehmood,Ji Hun Kim,Allison M. Okamura,Jee-Hwan Ryu
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 sensors and tools attached to the robot tip would greatly enhance the usefulness of these robots for exploration in the field. However, because the material at the tip of the robot body continually changes as the robot ...
