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Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes

Creator:

Marvi, Hamidreza, Gong, Chaohui, Gravish, Nick, Astley, Henry, Travers, Matthew, Hatton, Ross L., Mendelson, Joseph R., III, Choset, Howie, Hu, David L., and Goldman, Daniel I.

Abstract:

Limbless organisms like snakes can navigate nearly all terrain. In particular, desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnakes (C. cerastes) operate effectively on inclined granular media (like sand dunes) that induce failure in field-tested limbless robots through slipping and pitching. Our laboratory experiments reveal that as granular incline angle increases, sidewinder rattlesnakes increase the...

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