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A Soft Pneumatic Maggot Robot

Authors : Tianqi Wei, Adam Stokes, Barbara Webb

Published in: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster has been studied to gain insight into relationships between neural circuits and learning behaviour. To test models of their neural circuits, a robot that mimics D. melanogaster larvae has been designed. The robot is made from silicone by casting in 3D printed moulds with a pattern simplified from the larval muscle system. The pattern forms air chambers that function as pneumatic muscles to actuate the robot. A pneumatic control system has been designed to enable control of the multiple degrees of freedom. With the flexible body and multiple degrees of freedom, the robot has the potential to resemble motions of D. melanogaster larvae, although it remains difficult to obtain accurate control of deformation.

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Metadata
Title
A Soft Pneumatic Maggot Robot
Authors
Tianqi Wei
Adam Stokes
Barbara Webb
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-42416-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-42417-0

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_34

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