The soft multi-legged robot inspired by octopus: climbing various columnar objects

Kazuyuki Ito; Yoshihiro Homma; Jonathan M Rossiter

doi:10.1080/01691864.2020.1753570

The soft multi-legged robot inspired by octopus: climbing various columnar objects

Kazuyuki Ito^*
, Yoshihiro Homma
, Jonathan M Rossiter

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this paper, we develop a soft climbing robot made of silicone. Octopus-like behaviour is realized by a simple mechanism utilizing the dynamics of the soft body, and the robot can grasp various objects of unknown shape. In addition, by inching its truck, it can climb various columnar objects. Experiments, using pipes, long balloons, and natural trees, are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed robot.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1096-1109
Number of pages	15
Journal	Advanced Robotics
Volume	34
Issue number	17
Early online date	24 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2020.1753570
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2020

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