Robotic Snake Locomotion Exploiting Body Compliance and Uniform Body Tensions 

A recent T-RO paper by a researcher from @KISTKOREA proposes a novel control strategy to enable snake motion in a robot.
The video provides a brief overview of our research and demonstrates both the simulation and experimental results. Note that the robot used in the experiment did not have wheels. Instead, the body tension in vertical bending or axial torsion produced non-uniform ground contacts required for undulatory snake locomotion in various directions. The only means of propulsion in various directions was the friction between the robot and the ground.
Paper title: Robotic Snake Locomotion Exploiting Body Compliance and Uniform Body Tensions
Author: Junhyoung Ha
Paper link: ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta...
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