Even then, because of the balloon body’s radius, the first point of collision in a human environment will likely be the balloons and not the legs. where f DS and f SS are transition functions for each phase, and the “state” x∈ X, where X is the state space. First, the control model of the multi-balloon robot is transformed into a multi-objective optimization problem, and an artificial immune algorithm is used to map and control, then Gaussian perturbation is added to the cloning behavior in the evolution process to ensure that there is a difference in each progeny after cloning.

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Vertical locomotion and its capability to adapt the shape to different colonic sections were tested in a rigid vertical tube with internal diameters of 36 mm, 54 mm, and 72 mm, respectively, each with a length of 100 mm, providing a total of 300 mm, as it is shown in Fig. During this phase SPID could be activated, enabling forward locomotion for subsequent inspection when considered necessary to ensure that no abnormality was missed. The trajectories of the pelvis are presented in Figures 10A–D, and the corresponding phase plots are given in Figures 10E,F.

A) shows the trained relationship between the length of the phase time, t SS, and the x-coordinate of the front foot at the beginning of the phase, p z − , o u t, in the case of a single support phase. Thus, such a mini-rigid robotic colonoscope must be re-usable so that the device will be a financially viable proposition.

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Figure 3c shows the cross-section C − C′ and the force produced by the activation of chambers C 2, C 3 for positive bending.Design of a soft mini robot for colonoscopy is challenging because of the limited lumen available of the colon, with an internal diameter ranging from 40 to 80 mm 23, 24, as well as the locomotion challenge rendered difficult by the device having to successfully negotiate the colonic flexures. These updates are a distinct difference from the previous version ( Ghassemi and Hong, 2016), which was limited to teleoperation via radio controllers, and allows BALLU2 to walk based on algorithms. For each variable, not only were the correlations between the different types of temporally adjacent phases (e. Section 3 explains the platform’s unique challenges and describes BALLU’s distinct behaviors during locomotion per the authors’ experiences.