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Published May 1993 | Published
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A "Sidewinding" Locomotion Gait for Hyper-Redundant Robots

Abstract

This paper considers the kinematics of a novel form of hyper-redundant mobile robot locomotion which is analogous to the 'sidewinding' locomotion of desert snakes. This form of locomotion can be generated by a repetitive travel wave of mechanism bending. Using a continuous backbone curve model, we develop algorithms which enable travel in a uniform direction as well as changes in direction.

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© 1993 IEEE. Issue Date: 2-6 May 1993; Meeting Date: 02 May 1993 - 06 May 1993. This work was supported by NSF grant MSS-901779, by NSF PYI award MSS-9157843, and by ONR Young Investigator Award N00014-92-J-1920.

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