Systems and methods for implementing flexible members including integrated tools made from metallic glass-based materials

A method of forming a terrain traversing device comprising:

• forming a metallic glass-based material into a plurality of elongated flexible members each having a first end and a second end and formed of a metallic glass-based material having a thickness of less than approximately three times the size of a plastic zone radius of the metallic glass-based material and having an elastic limit of at least 1.0%;
• deforming the elongated flexible member to define at least one hook at a first end of the elongated flexible member such that the elongated flexible member and the hook comprise a unitary body, wherein the temperature of the metallic glass-based material during deformation is lower than its respective crystallization temperature;
• attaching the second end of a plurality of elongated flexible members to at least one rotor element, such that each elongated flexible member is configured to at least partially wrap about the at least one rotor element during operation;
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• wherein the plurality of elongated flexible members are distributed around the at least one rotor element such that the plurality of elongated flexible members collectively form an outer wheel of integrated tools about the at least one rotor element.