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SPROUT: The Open-Source Soft Growing Robot for Search and Rescue
Antonio Alvarez Valdivia, Ciera McFarland, Robert Reeve +5
Soft robotic systems have long been theorized as ideal candidates for use in search and rescue operations; however, there have been significant barriers to entry in graduating soft…
Distributed Acoustic Localization Array Deployed Using a Soft Everting Vine Robot
Sebastian Lorca Godoy, Ciera McFarland, Michael Val +3
Soft robot exteroception is increasingly being explored for a variety of field applications. In this work, we present a sound-based system for localizing disaster victims in confin…
Gotta Grow Fast: Design and Benchmarking of a Tip Mount for High-Speed Vine Robots
Antonio Alvarez Valdivia, Robert Reeve, Ankush Dhawan +4
Soft, growing vine robots extend through tip eversion, a mechanism that enables navigation through cluttered environments. However, integrating cameras and other sensors at the tip…
Evaluating Accuracy of Vine Robot Shape Sensing with Distributed Inertial Measurement Units
Alexis E. Laudenslager, Antonio Alvarez Valdivia, Nathaniel Hanson +1
Soft, tip-extending vine robots are well suited for navigating tight, debris-filled environments, making them ideal for urban search and rescue. Sensing the full shape of a vine ro…