Bilige Yang et al. Self-Amputating and Interfusing Machines: Crawler Demo

Project lead: Bilige Yang.
Demo two of the paper Self-Amputating and Interfusing Machines --- a cluster of interfusing soft crawlers. A single crawler could crawl on flat ground but fell into a gap that is too wide to cross. A cluster of crawlers interfused with each other, and then crossed the gap collaboratively. After the crossing, the reversible joints were heated up again to release individual modules so they again operate independently.
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[@benzed1618]

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[@biorythmic]

The only relevant thing here are reversible joints, I doubt robots are the most relevant application to this

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