2023
Robotic Barrier Construction through Weaved, Inflatable Tubes
Heather Jin Hee Kim, Haron Abdel-Raziq, Xinyu Liu, Alexandra Young Siskovic, Shreyas Patil, Kirstin H. Petersen +1
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In this article, we present a mechanism and related path planning algorithm to construct light-duty barriers out of extruded, inflated tubes weaved around existing environmental features. Our extruded tubes are based on everted vine-robots and in this context, we present a new method to steer their…