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Climbing Plants, a New Concept for Robotic Grasping

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2013)

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Climbing plants represent an outstanding example of a grasping strategy coming from the plant Kingdom. Tendrils are the filiform organs devoted to the task and are extremely flexible and sensitive to touch. In this preliminary contribution we present some of the observed key features of tendrils. Then a robotic approach is exploited to describe and simulate a bio-inspired robotic tendril from a kinematic point of view.

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  1. Advanced Concepts Team, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    Camilla Pandolfi

  2. Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Universitá 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Tanja Mimmo & Renato Vidoni

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  1. University of Sheffield, UK

    Nathan F. Lepora  & Tony J. Prescott  & 

  2. University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  3. Imperial College, London, UK

    Holger G. Krapp

  4. Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F. M. J. Verschure

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Pandolfi, C., Mimmo, T., Vidoni, R. (2013). Climbing Plants, a New Concept for Robotic Grasping. In: Lepora, N.F., Mura, A., Krapp, H.G., Verschure, P.F.M.J., Prescott, T.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8064. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5_53

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