ArticleIEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society2025
Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application.
Article in IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Vine-Inspired Soft Robotics: Materials, Actuations, and Emerging Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Bioinspired growable humanoid robot with bone-mimetic linkages for versatile mobility.Science advances · 2026Article
- Magnetic Fluid-Driven Vine Robots for Minimally Invasive Tissue Biopsy Sampling.Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Growing robots apically extend through material eversion or deposition at their tip. This endows them with unique capabilities such as follow the leader navigation, long-reach, inherent compliance, and large force delivery bandwidth. Tip-growing robots can therefore conform to sensitive, intricate, and difficult-to-access environments. This review paper categorizes, compares, and critically evaluates state-of-the-art growing robots with emphasis on their designs, fabrication processes, actuation and steering mechanisms, mechanics models, controllers, and applications. Finally, the paper discusses the main challenges that the research area still faces and proposes future directions.
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