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Soft Robotics in Underwater Legged Locomotion: From Octopus–Inspired Solutions to Running Robots

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Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges

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This chapter reports on the conceptual design of an octopus-inspired robot. The investigation started from slow speed gaits, such as the crawling locomotion of octopuses, and was followed by faster gaits such as bipedal walking and hopping. Results envisage that this novel locomotion can be exploited to increase the mobility of underwater robots in the benthic realm.

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This work was funded within the framework of the EU RoboSoft Coordination Action, under the contract FP7-ICT-2013-C project # 619319.

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    Marcello Calisti

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  2. Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clifton, United Kingdom

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  3. Department of Engineering, Cambridge University Department of Engineering, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  4. The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

    Matteo Cianchetti

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    Laura Margheri

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Calisti, M. (2017). Soft Robotics in Underwater Legged Locomotion: From Octopus–Inspired Solutions to Running Robots. In: Laschi, C., Rossiter, J., Iida, F., Cianchetti, M., Margheri, L. (eds) Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46460-2_5

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