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From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Snake/Worm/Spiny-style Robotics
Message-ID: <3856@motcsd.csd.mot.com>
Date: 3 May 91 18:58:13 GMT
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Organization: Motorola CSD, Cupertino CA
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Apparently there's someone trying to build robots based on vertebrae
instead of connected joints.  That is, robots built with many small, 
simple actuators which can generate a small amount of force across a 
short travel.  These actuators are placed in a line and the result is
a somewhat fault-tolerant robot capable of very flexible paths.

Are there any references to this in the literature?

Thanks,

Lance Norskog