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US 2019/0217908 A1Published application
Robotic Mobility and Construction by Growth
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsElliot W. Hawkes, Allison M. Okamura, Joseph D. Greer, Laura H. Blumenschein
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Abstract
A robot for navigating an environment through growth is provided. The growing robot has a thin-walled, hollow, pressurized, compliant body that elongates the body by everting from its tip new wall material that is stored inside the body. The robot controls the shape of the body by actively controlling the relative lengths of the wall material along opposing sides of the body allowing steering.
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A robot navigating an environment through growth, comprising:
- a thin-walled, hollow, pressurized, compliant body that elongates the body by everting from its tip new wall material that is stored inside the body and controls the shape of the body by actively controlling the relative lengths of the wall material along opposing sides of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.