Tip Manipulation in Soft Everting Robots via Wall Retraction and Deployable Fingers

arXiv:2609.23132 · cs.RO · Submitted 2026-09-19 · Read on arXiv

cs.RO

Submitted: 2026-09-19

Updated: 2026-09-19

Comments: 38 pages, 6 figures and supplementary information

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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• Adaptation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
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• Closed-Loop Control — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Failure Modes — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
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