Title :
OctArm - A soft robotic manipulator
Author :
Neppalli, S. ; Jones, B. ; McMahan, W. ; Chitrakaran, V. ; Walker, I. ; Pritts, M. ; Csencsits, M. ; Rahn, C. ; Grissom, M.
fDate :
Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 2 2007
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Continuum robots are biologically-inspired by the invertebrate organisms such as octopus arms and elephant trunks. These robots with a backbone-less structure offer a superior performance in unstructured and cluttered environments such as collapsed buildings, unknown geographical terrain, holes and tunnels. This video features OctArm, a continuum robot that demonstrates its capabilities in whole arm manipulation, biologically-inspired maneuvering, and grasping. The video also depicts a 3D graphical model of OctArm in that can be rendered in real-time in Matlab´s real-time workshop.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; manipulators; rendering (computer graphics); solid modelling; 3D graphical model; Matlab real-time workshop; OctArm soft robotic manipulator; biologically-inspired grasping; biologically-inspired maneuvering; continuum robot; elephant trunk; octopus arm; real-time rendering; Arm; Buildings; Graphical models; Intelligent robots; Legged locomotion; Manipulators; Notice of Violation; Organisms; Shape; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007. IROS 2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0912-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0912-9
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2007.4399146
