Design and Experiments of Snake Robots with Docking Function

Fatao Qin,Xiaojie Duan,Shihao Ma,Jinglun Yuan,Xiangyu Wang,Jianming Wang,Xuan Xiao,Fatao Qin,Xiaojie Duan,Shihao Ma,Jinglun Yuan,Xiangyu Wang,Jianming Wang,Xuan Xiao

This paper presents a novel snake robot with the docking function, which can help the snake robots to connect with each other to achieve a stronger one with double length and double degrees of freedom. First, the mechanical design of the snake robot with docking function is introduced, including the body link and the head-tail passive docking mechanical structure. Second, the control system is bui...