This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life

A video on YouTube. In Science & Engineering, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video explores vine robots, soft pneumatic robots that grow from their tips, examining their design, capabilities, and applications in archaeology and intubation.

From the video

Answers: How do vine robots work and what can they be used for?

Soft robotics
Vine robots
Pneumatic growth
Archaeology exploration
Medical intubation

What it concludes

Vine robots can grow from their tips to hundreds of times their initial size, allowing them to navigate tight spaces and sticky surfaces.
Even when punctured, a vine robot keeps going as long as there is sufficient air pressure.
A tenth of an atmosphere applied over a square meter can lift 1000 kilograms while remaining soft.
Vine robots can be steered by adding pneumatic muscles along their sides to shorten or lengthen specific areas.
By blowing compressed air to fluidize sand, vine robots can burrow into granular materials like sand, making them useful for studying planetary surfaces.

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