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From: jak@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (mr j grimm)
Subject: Tentacle robots.
Message-ID: <1992Jul13.001250.7008@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Monash University, Australia.
References: <1992Jul11.173902.97351@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 00:12:50 GMT
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This is probably a silly question, but has anyone worked on tentacle
robots. I envisage a sort of tube of material that has sections that
compress (or expand) when an electrical impulse is applied. Is there some
sort of electrically sensitive material that could do the job ?

I often wondered about this sort of a robot. Has anyone seen anything along
these lines. I suppose it would require quite a few wires to make anything
of great length, and the wires would have to bend a great deal. Are carbon
fibres conductive ? I don't suppose there would be that much strength in a
tentacle robot, so there is not much point in developing it. Just thought
I'd pose the question.

Jak.
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