2 papers
cs.RO2026
PanoVine: Whole-Body Visuomotor Control for Soft Growing Vine Robot
Yimeng Qin, Xiaomeng Xu, William Heap +3
Vine robots, a class of soft, growing robots, are suitable for navigating complex and confined environments due to their compliant bodies and self-supporting growth mechanism. Howe…
cs.RO2025
Flying Vines: Design, Modeling, and Control of a Soft Aerial Robotic Arm
Rianna Jitosho, Crystal E. Winston, Shengan Yang +5
Aerial robotic arms aim to enable inspection and environment interaction in otherwise hard-to-reach areas from the air. However, many aerial manipulators feature bulky or heavy rob…