The Autonomous Pipeline Navigation of a Cockroach Bio-Robot with Enhanced Walking Stimuli.

ABSTRACT: Tens of crawling bio-robots with cockroaches as the mobile platform have been developed with various functions. Compared with artificial crawling robots of the same size, they revealed better flexibility, larger payload, and stronger endurance. These features made bio-robots ideal for pipeline inspection scenarios because the advancements in locomotion mechanisms and efficient power systems are still hurdles for current artificial systems. In this study, we controlled the bio-robot to crawl in the confined dark pipeline and achieved autonomous motion control with the help of an onboard sensing system. Specifically, a micro-camera was mounted on the electronic backpack of the cockroach for image collection, and an IMU sensor was used to compute its body orientation. The electronic backpack

SUBMITTER: Ma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631459 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature