Single actuator Earthworm and Inchworm robots
Published on Feb 18, 2013
"Speedy Inchworm Robot Only Needs One Motor"The worm robots presented here have a single motor which coordinates the motion of the cells and clamps. They are some of the fastest inchworm robots (the big inchworm can reach 5cm/s over horizontal surface) and likely the most efficient in terms of energy consumption. The inchworm robot can climb vertically hundreds of meters using 4 AAA off the shelf batteries
The robots were developed at the Medical Robots Lab. Technion, by David Zarrouk, Oshri Ifergan, Yossi Baruch and Moshe Shoham.
For technical details see Zarrouk et al. ASME, Journal of Mechanical Design, 2012.
by Evan Ackerman
March 4, 2013
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