Novel Tensegrity Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles

Suzumori Endo Lab, Tokyo Tech has developed soft tensegrity robot driven by thin artificial muscles.
Project members:
Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Kazuki Shishikura, Naomi Suzuki, Gen Endo, and Koichi Suzumori
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Refer to:
Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, and Koichi Suzumori, "Soft Tensegrity Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles for the Exploration of Unknown Spatial Configurations," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 5349-5356, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3153700.
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Related research:
Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, and Koichi Suzumori, "Large Torsion Thin Artificial Muscles Tensegrity Structure for Twist Manipulation," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1207-1214, March 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3236889.
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Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, and Koichi Suzumori, "Active-Bending Six-Bar Tensegrity Modular Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3315537.
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[@challacustica9049]

Could see this having a lot of uses in exploring hard to get to spaces underground. Great application of artificial muscles.

[@gabrielhofmann2029]

excellent work

[@ritabright9323]

It can be useful for taking of animals, which live under ground.

[@winmanzerodeaths776]

Was it inspired by worms? It's really cool.

[@benyamin5]

That thing is amazing

[@schurging22]

video: robot
me: caterpillar

[@wyhesggifrid]

How noisy is it? I'd really like to hear how it currently sounds like

[@zerzdes]

робот-червяк)

[@aq_ahmed]

In what application is it useful?

[@santka3739]

Hope it can be useful if you drop your smartphone into sewers accidentally.

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