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Laura H. Blumenschein0
Elliot W. Hawkes0
Joseph D. Greer0
Allison M. Okamura0
Date of Patent
March 23, 2021
0Patent Application Number
159433290
Date Filed
April 2, 2018
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent 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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