In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and
creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through …

Traditional rigid robots face significant challenges in congested and tight environments,
including bulky size, maneuverability, and safety limitations. Thus, soft continuum robots …

Robotics has aroused huge attention since the 1950s. Irrespective of the uniqueness that
industrial applications exhibit, conventional rigid robots have displayed noticeable …

Continuum robots are kinematically redundant and their dynamic models are highly
nonlinear. This study aims to overcome this difficulty by presenting a more practical dynamic …

In recent years, the field of continuum robots, whether theoretical research or practical
applications, has received significant attention from the robotic community due to the …

Robotics is advancing to assist with daily tasks by developing human-like robotic limbs,
which involves challenges in integrating software, control systems, electronics, and …

Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in considering plants as a model of
inspiration for designing new robot locomotions. Growing robots, that imitate the biological …

Continuum and soft robots can leverage complex actuator shapes to take onuseful shapes
while actuating only a few of their many degrees of freedom. Continuum robotsthat alsogrow …

Soft growing robots, which mimic the biological growth of plants, have demonstrated
excellent performance in navigating tight and distant environments due to their flexibility and …

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 …