Continuum robot arms inspired by cephalopods

By Ian D. Walker, D. Dawson, Tamar Flash, F. Grasso, R. Hanlon, Binyamin Hochner, W. Kier, C. Pagano, Christopher D. Rahn, Qiming Zhang. SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2005

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Caterpillar locomotion: A new model for soft- bodied climbing and burrowing robots (2006, background): “Several ingenious flexible designs have been developed based on peristalsis [13-15], conformable wheels [16], or continuously bending elements (“continuum robots”)[17, 18].”
Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators (2020, methodology): “Other advanced materials being used in the field of soft robotics include electro-active polymers (EAP) which also provide excellent degrees of freedom and great compliance with its environments [31], and Diels-Alder Polymers which are able to “heal” microscopic and macroscopic damage [107].”
Continuous Backbone “ Continuum ” Robot Manipulators : A Review (2013, unknown): “[33, 57, 59, 60] and “European Octopus” [45, 54, 61, 62] projects featured continuum robots based on this design.”
Field trials and testing of the OctArm continuum manipulator (2006, background): “This paper describes the development of the OctArm continuum manipulator robot hardware ([15], [20], see Fig.”
Mechanics of Precurved-Tube Continuum Robots (2009, background): “Continuously flexible (“continuum”) robots [1]–[6] provide an alternative, although most designs require wires [5], [7], [8], flexible push rods [9], pneumatic actuators [4], [6], or other external actuation mechanisms that limit miniaturization.”