Perception-driven obstacle-aided locomotion for snake robots: the state of the art, challenges and possibilities

F Sanfilippo, J Azpiazu, G Marafioti, AA Transeth… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
In nature, snakes can gracefully traverse a wide range of different and complex
environments. Snake robots that can mimic this behaviour could be fitted with sensors and …

A review on the environment perception and control technologies for the hyperredundant manipulators in limited space

J Liu, A Zhang, E Li, R Guo, S Li, M Luo - Journal of Sensors, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a typical kind of special robot with high flexibility and maneuverability, the
hyperredundant manipulators (HRM) which can work in the narrow and complex space …

Sideslip elimination and coefficient approximation-based trajectory tracking control for snake robots

D Li, L Zeng, Y Xiu, Z Pan, D Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reports a trajectory tracking control technique for snake robots with sideslip
elimination and coefficient approximation. By introducing an integral part and virtual input …

Study of the navigation method for a snake robot based on the kinematics model with MEMS IMU

X Zhao, L Dou, Z Su, N Liu - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
A snake robot is a type of highly redundant mobile robot that significantly differs from a
tracked robot, wheeled robot and legged robot. To address the issue of a snake robot …

[HTML][HTML] 3D visual sensing technique based on focal stack for snake robotic applications

X Zhao, C Liu, L Dou, J Qiu, Z Su - Results in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we proposed a passive 3D visual sensing technique based on the focal stack
and designed the snake robot's 3D visual sensing prototype. The proposed technique …

Autonomous, monocular, vision-based snake robot navigation and traversal of cluttered environments using rectilinear gait motion

AH Chang, S Feng, Y Zhao, JS Smith… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
Rectilinear forms of snake-like robotic locomotion are anticipated to be an advantage in
obstacle-strewn scenarios characterizing urban disaster zones, subterranean collapses, and …

Goal-driven motion control of snake robots with onboard cameras via policy improvement with path integrals

L Liu, X Guo, Y Fang - 2021 IEEE International Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the redundant degrees of freedom and complex gaits, the onboard visual localization
and motion control of a snake robot's goal-driven motion are very challenging. Firstly, to …

Development of remote robot control system for snake-like robot based on SSH protocol and iOS system

Y Tian, T Matsuno, S Ma - 2016 IEEE International Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote robot control system has been applied for various purposes, such as inspection and
monitoring. The next generation of remote robot control system is asked to be utilized …

Design of a bio-inspired controller to operate a modular robot autonomously

H Hernández, R Moreno, A Faina, J Gomez - Advances in Artificial …, 2018 - Springer
A modular robot can be reconfigured and reorganized to perform different tasks. Due to the
large number of configurations that this type of robot can have, several types of techniques …

A snake-like robot with envelope wheels and obstacle-aided gaits

K Wang, Y Ma, H Shan, S Ma - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Most of the current snake-like robots can only work in a specific environment, or only have a
good movement effect in a certain gait. This paper presents a design for a snake-like robot to …