High pressure burrowing everting robot with sensorized skin and for subsurface sensor deployment
AssigneesThe Regents of the University of California, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsNicholas D. Naclerio, Elliot W. Hawkes, Daniel I. Goldman
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Abstract
A high-pressure burrowing everting robot includes a tubular body formed of a high-pressure skin and airtight bladder arranged to permit pressure to evert the high-pressure skin and bladder together such that the high-pressure skin forms an outer surface of the robot when everted. A sensor is arranged at a distal tip and/or on the outer surface of the high-pressure skin.
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A high-pressure burrowing everting robot, comprising a tubular body formed of a high-pressure skin and airtight bladder arranged to permit pressure to evert the high-pressure skin and bladder together such that the high-pressure skin forms an outer surface of the robot when everted, and a sensor arranged at a distal tip and/or a sensor on the outer surface, comprising leads to the sensor arranged at a distal tip and/or the sensor on the outer surface that extend through a lumen formed by the body when everted.
A high-pressure burrowing everting robot, comprising a tubular body formed of a high-pressure skin and airtight bladder arranged to permit pressure to evert the high-pressure skin and bladder together such that the high-pressure skin forms an outer surface of the robot when everted, a sensor arranged at the distal tip, and the sensor on the outer surface.
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