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From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Tentacle robots.
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In article <1992Jul13.001250.7008@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au> jak@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (mr j grimm) writes:
}This is probably a silly question, but has anyone worked on tentacle
}robots. ...

I remember an article about someone in Japan working on a snake robot.
I suppose it would act like a tentacle if you attached it to a body.

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