Slider (BEAM)
Encyclopedia
In BEAM robotics
, a Slider is a robot
that has a mode of locomotion by moving body parts smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
BEAM robotics
The word "beam" in BEAM robotics is an acronym for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics. This is a term that refers to a style of robotics...
, a Slider is a robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
that has a mode of locomotion by moving body parts smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
Genera
- SnakesSnakebotA snakebot is a biomorphic hyper-redundant robot that resembles a snake.Snake robots come in all shapes and sizes, from the three meters long, fire fighting snakebot developed by SINTEF, to a medical snakebot developed at Carnegie Mellon University that is thin enough to maneuver around organs...
: Driven mode of locomotion in a horizontal wave motion. - Earthworms : Driven mode of locomotion in a compressive longitudinal wave motion