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01 / STUDY
Mechanism and experiments
The Stanford robot advances as a flexible tube everts at its tip, allowing growth without sliding the entire established body forwards. The work explored locomotion through obstacles and camera carriage. Subsequent technology-development material discusses potential uses in body passages, walls and underground spaces.
02 / CONTEXT
Test conditions and scope
The work includes motion through obstacles and camera-carrying tests. Use in the body, walls or underground needs application-specific validation.
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