Meet TreeBot, the first robot capable of climbing trees autonomously. TreeBot uses a pair of flexible linear actuators that connect a couple gripping claws to let the robot move up and around the tree like a worm or caterpillar. In the back part of the robot there is the back gripper which holds on to the tree while the front gripper (obviously located in the front) extends the robot's body forward, and thus letting the robot be capable of moving around all by itself. To see the TreeBot and its tree climbing action just click on the video above! Thanks for reading and feel free to comment below!
-original source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/treebot-learns-to-autonomously-climb-trees
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