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https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-51-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-51-2018
Research article
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07 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2018

Design and evaluation of a continuum robot with extendable balloons

Efe Yamac Yarbasi and Evren Samur

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This article presents a novel continuum robot actuated by two extendable balloons. As inflated, the balloons apply a force on the wall of the tip, pushing the robot forward. The contribution of this study is the introduction of a novel actuation mechanism for soft robots to have extreme elongation (2000 %) in order to be navigated in substantially long and narrow environments.
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