A pivot joint steering mechanism for tip-everting soft growing robots

Ji, T., Bi, Z. and Cao, L. (2025) A pivot joint steering mechanism for tip-everting soft growing robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12. 1627116. ISSN: 2296-9144

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Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:
  • Ji, T.
  • Bi, Z.
  • Cao, L.
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© 2025 Ji, Bi and Cao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Keywords: soft growing robot; actuation mechanism design; tendon actuated; confined space navigation; soft robot
Dates:
  • Accepted: 4 July 2025
  • Published (online): 17 July 2025
  • Published: 17 July 2025
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield)
Depositing User: Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited: 06 Aug 2025 12:17
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2025 12:17
Status: Published
Publisher: Frontiers
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1627116
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