Tendril

Direct-Ink-Write 3D Printing of Hydrogels into Biomimetic Soft Robots

Yin Cheng, Kwok Hoe Chan, Xiao‐Qiao Wang, Tianpeng Ding, Tongtao Li, Xin Lu, Ghim Wei Ho

Citations: 302 • 2019

A variable-stiffness tendril-like soft robot based on reversible osmotic actuation

Indrek Must, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai

Citations: 198 • 2019

Soft Tendril-Inspired Grippers: Shape Morphing of Programmable Polymer–Paper Bilayer Composites

Wei Wang, Chenzhe Li, Maenghyo Cho, Sung‐Hoon Ahn

Citations: 162 • 2018

A Minimally Invasive Tendril Robot for In-Space Inspection

Joshua S. Mehling, Myron Diftler, Mars W. Chu, Mario Valvo

Citations: 141 • 2006

Exploration and Inspection with Vine-Inspired Continuum Robots

Michael B. Wooten, Chase G. Frazelle, Ian D. Walker, Apoorva Kapadia, Jason H. Lee

Citations: 56 • 2018

Robot tendrils: Long, thin continuum robots for inspection in space operations

Dixit Nahar, Paul Yanik, Ian D. Walker

Citations: 52 • 2017

Vine-Inspired Continuum Tendril Robots and Circumnutations

Michael B. Wooten, Ian D. Walker

Citations: 51 • 2018

Angle-programmed tendril-like trajectories enable a multifunctional gripper with ultradelicacy, ultrastrength, and ultraprecision

Yaoye Hong, Yao Zhao, Joseph Berman, Yinding Chi, Yanbin Li, He Huang, Jie Yin

Citations: 51 • 2023

A Plant Tendril-Like Soft Robot That Grasps and Anchors by Exploiting its Material Arrangement

Fabian Meder, Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu, Barbara Mazzolai

Citations: 35 • 2022

Tendril-Based Climbing Plants to Model, Simulate and Create Bio-Inspired Robotic Systems

Renato Vidoni, Tanja Mimmo, Camilla Pandolfi

Citations: 29 • 2015

Artificial Tendrils Mimicking Plant Movements by Mismatching Modulus and Strain in Core and Shell

Muhammad Farhan, Frederike Klimm, Marc Thielen, Andraž Rešetič, Anil Bastola, Marc Behl, Thomas Speck, Andreas Lendlein

Citations: 21 • 2023

Biologically inspired vine-like and tendril-like robots

Ian D. Walker

Citations: 21 • 2015

Searching and Intertwining: Climbing Plants and GrowBots

James Gallentine, Michael B. Wooten, Marc Thielen, Ian D. Walker, Thomas Speck, Karl J. Niklas

Citations: 20 • 2020

Mind the Gap: Reach and Mechanical Diversity of Searcher Shoots in Climbing Plants

Tom Hattermann, Laureline Petit-Bagnard, Christine Heinz, Patrick Heuret, Nick Rowe

Citations: 18 • 2022

Challenges in creating long continuum robots

Ian D. Walker, Dixit Nahar, Siddharth Verma, Michael B. Wooten, Apoorva Kapadia

Citations: 14 • 2016

PEGrip: A Plant-Tendril-Inspired Passive Entanglement Gripper Enabling Fail-Safe Grasping

Longchuan Li, Shuqian He, Qiukai Qi, Jianing Zeng, Shuai Kang, Gen Endo, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shugen Ma, Koichi Suzumori

Citations: 12 • 2024

Image-based Approach to Reconstruct Curling in Continuum Structures

Jie Fan, Emanuela Del Dottore, Francesco Visentin, Barbara Mazzolai

Citations: 12 • 2020

Natural coil springs: Biomechanics and morphology of the coiled tendrils of the climbing passion flower Passiflora discophora

Frederike Klimm, Marc Thielen, Jaro Homburger, Michelle Modert, Thomas Speck

Citations: 8 • 2024

Bionic Muscle with Dual-Mode Sensing Function Inspired by Plant Tendrils

Jinsui Xu, Ziyao Zhang, Qiaosong Fan, Jiaqiao Liang, Feihu Song, Fei Yang, Yitong Zhou

Citations: 8 • 2025

Real-Time Plant Recognition and Crop Row Navigation for Autonomous Precision Agricultural Sprayer Robot

Fazal Nasir, Muhammad Haris, Bilawal Khan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Dong Zhang

Citations: 7 • 2023