MEDFORD\/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Tufts University neurobiologist Barry Trimmer is "We are trying to understand how the nervous system controls these He added, "Our research has potential applications in the design and control from Tufts Tufts University groundbreaking research on caterpillar locomotion could pave the way to designing first flexible robot to navigate through human body, pipelines, reactors MEDFORD\/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Tufts University neurobiologist Barry Trimmer is inching his way to unlocking the secrets behind … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/cadipiller.jpg\")
Tufts
\n University groundbreaking research on caterpillar locomotion could pave
\n the way to designing first flexible robot to navigate through
\n human body, pipelines, reactors<\/strong><\/p>\n
\ninching his way to unlocking the secrets behind the way caterpillars maneuver
\nand climb,
\nand is using that knowledge to one day build flexible robots that could explore
\ninternal organs, blood vessels and the insides of pipelines.<\/p>\n
\n complex movements so we can replicate that movement and build our own
\n soft-bodied
\n robots that maneuver easily, like a caterpillar," Trimmer said.<\/p>\n
\nof a new type of flexible robot that could be used to navigate through pipelines
\nor intricate structures such as blood vessels and air tubes, as well as space
\nshuttle operations and building construction."<\/p>\n
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