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Snake-like robots have always been the research focus for the unique hyper-redundant structure. The existing snake-like robots can move on complex surfaces, swim in the water, and even climb a tree. However, they cannot pass through a long, narrow hole whose diameter is similar to their own. Even the snakes in nature also face the same problem because of their series physical structure. Inspired by the annelid earthworms and leeches, a new type of retractable snake-like robot based on 2-RRU/URR parallel module is proposed. And its length can be adjusted between 850 mm to 1500 mm because of the translational degree of freedom (DOF) of 2-RRU/URR. Further, typical movement such as serpentine locomotion, traveling wave locomotion and rectilinear locomotion are analyzed and verified by experiments.
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This research was financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51305380) and Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2015203144).
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Bian, H., Sun, L., Lei, Y. (2019). Design and Locomotion Analysis of a Retractable Snake-like Robot Based on 2-RRU/URR Parallel Module. In: Yu, H., Liu, J., Liu, L., Ju, Z., Liu, Y., Zhou, D. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11740. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27526-6_61
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