2022
A Woodpecker's Tongue-Inspired, Bendable and Extendable Robot Manipulator With Structural Stiffness
Ryota Matsuda, Ujjal Krishnanand Mavinkurve, Ayato Kanada, Koki Honda, Yasutaka Nakashima, Motoji Yamamoto
RA-L 2022
Woodpeckers have flexible and extendable tongues that they use to reach their prey through tiny openings in trees and insect burrows. This unique capability of their tongue represents a promising design for a tool for picking up and handling objects in unstructured environments. Although continuum r