The Inchworm Robot: A Multi-Functional System

  • Authors:
  • Keith Kotay;Daniela Rus

  • Affiliations:
  • Dartmouth Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755. kotay@cs.dartmouth.edu;Dartmouth Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755. rus@cs.dartmouth.edu

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Robots
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We wish for robots to manipulate objects and move flexibly inthree-dimensional spaces. We describe a robot that can move on a webof surfaces oriented around arbitrary directions in three-space and aset of control algorithms that implements motion inthree-dimensions. The robot can manipulate objects in three dimensionswhile moving, by using the same set of physical resources and controlalgorithms. This robot is an inchworm-like robot with a simple,modular, and flexible design. Finally, we discuss our experiments.