Navigating tortuous anatomical pathways, such as the aortic arch, requires continuum robots capable of complex three-dimensional deformations. Existing designs are often limited to …
Overview A new subclass of soft robot, known as tip-extending or “vine” robots, consists of long inflatable devices that move through the environment by extending from the tip. A …
Overview Navigating tortuous anatomical pathways, such as the aortic arch, requires continuum robots capable of complex three-dimensional deformations. Existing designs are often …
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, …
This web page is a resource on tip-growing robots that have been proposed to date in the literature. It will be kept up-to-date on a regular basis. If you are making use of this …
Vine robots are soft robots that translate by everting, or growing, from their tips. This mechanism of translation minimizes the application of shear forces on the environment, …
Overview Concentric tube robots have a large number of design variables, which is often reduced in order for design optimization problems to be tractable by gradient-free …
Concentric tube robots (CTRs) are well-suited to address the unique challenges of minimally invasive surgical procedures due to their small size and ability to navigate highly …
A new subclass of soft robot, known as tip-extending or ``vine'' robots, consists of long inflatable devices that move through the environment by extending from the tip. A key …