Project Type MQP Submission date 2009-04-30 Authors Brian Benson, bbenson@WPI.EDU, ME Neal Keith Humphrey, neal@WPI.EDU, RBE URN E-project-043009-153413 Title Robotic Research Platform for Locomotion Through Granular Media Advisors Stafford, Kenneth A., ME Koehler, Stephan A., PH Availability unrestricted Abstract
The motivation for this project is to provide a means to study the physics of sand-swimming, which is a behavior seen in certain desert snakes. A biomimetic self-contained scalable robotic snake was designed and built with the capability to move below the surface of granular media. Its ability to match arbitrary traveling waveforms while recording data for analysis makes it a first step towards understanding the physics of sand-swimming through experimental studies.
Files BBNH_Sand_Swimming_Snake.pdf There is one file which has been withheld at the advisor's request.
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