As in previous posts, there are examples of soft robots as inflatable structure as http://artbrainpower.blogspot.si/2017/05/robot-construction-references-pneubotics.html and even artist Chico MacMurtrie http://artbrainpower.blogspot.si/2017/05/art-projects-reference-amorphic-robot.html
this construction of a robot is new. It is designed on the paradigm of turned socks. When you have a hole in socks you turn them on the oposite side and saw hole from inside. then you have to turn them back. Imagine that you can have very long socks / tube that you have to turn on the right side. The end has to move all the way through the sock/ / tube to come on another side - this is usually on the half of the sock /tube. SO how to avoid this paradox of having a long tube is to roll all the tube on a roll where it is stored on a smaller scale. then by inflating different segments of this tube, a tube is put into motion. Also with inflating different air pockets tube can move in different paths.
Dealing with this invention it might also as a form of Art/puppetry as Andrew Wagner propose
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Watch a shape-shifting robot extend its tentacle
By Andrew Wagner Jul. 19, 2017 , 2:00 PM
Many robots are inspired by animals, but now scientists have developed one that takes a cue from fungi. Engineers have designed a soft robot that moves by extending an artificial tendril into its surrounding environment, they report today in Science Robotics. Researchers were inspired by root growth in plants and fungi. This tubelike robot can grow up to 72 meters in length and extends by filling a thin plastic membrane with air from a pneumatic pump. Though it may look like a very long newspaper bag, the bot has a few tricks up its sleeve. By inflating specialized “control chambers” strategically placed throughout the membrane, the robot can not only move through its environment, but manipulate objects as well. Like the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the bot can contort itself to fit through holes and form tools, such as hooks and antennas. The robot has many applications—from bringing water to hazardous areas for firefighting to tunneling through the ground during search and rescue operations—but it might be a while before we see those in action.
this construction of a robot is new. It is designed on the paradigm of turned socks. When you have a hole in socks you turn them on the oposite side and saw hole from inside. then you have to turn them back. Imagine that you can have very long socks / tube that you have to turn on the right side. The end has to move all the way through the sock/ / tube to come on another side - this is usually on the half of the sock /tube. SO how to avoid this paradox of having a long tube is to roll all the tube on a roll where it is stored on a smaller scale. then by inflating different segments of this tube, a tube is put into motion. Also with inflating different air pockets tube can move in different paths.
Dealing with this invention it might also as a form of Art/puppetry as Andrew Wagner propose
More in the article:
Watch a shape-shifting robot extend its tentacle
By Andrew Wagner Jul. 19, 2017 , 2:00 PM
Many robots are inspired by animals, but now scientists have developed one that takes a cue from fungi. Engineers have designed a soft robot that moves by extending an artificial tendril into its surrounding environment, they report today in Science Robotics. Researchers were inspired by root growth in plants and fungi. This tubelike robot can grow up to 72 meters in length and extends by filling a thin plastic membrane with air from a pneumatic pump. Though it may look like a very long newspaper bag, the bot has a few tricks up its sleeve. By inflating specialized “control chambers” strategically placed throughout the membrane, the robot can not only move through its environment, but manipulate objects as well. Like the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the bot can contort itself to fit through holes and form tools, such as hooks and antennas. The robot has many applications—from bringing water to hazardous areas for firefighting to tunneling through the ground during search and rescue operations—but it might be a while before we see those in action.
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