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International Journal of Robotics and Automation Technology

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Vol. 11 (2024)

Concept Design of Reproductive Worm Robot: A Natural Inheritance of C.elegans Biological Worm

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31875/2409-9694.2024.11.02
Submitted
August 21, 2024
Published
21.08.2024

Abstract

Abstract: Although research in the field of worm robotics has taken some stride in recent past, the connotation of such designs was missing the feel of biology in true sense hitherto. Design and firmware of bio-inspired robots have been attempted by several research groups globally but none of those seriously intrude different physiologoical systems of the said biological specimen. Our attempt on technology-driven ideation of the reproductive system of a celebrated biological worm, namely, Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans) has culminated into concept-designs of Reproductive Worm Robot. Incidentally, C.elegans is an interesting biological entity that evokes imagination and assertion to create miniature robotic systems, especially by mimicing its reproductive system. In this paper, we have reported the technological concept designs as well as part-hardware of the working prototype of representative Reproductive Worm Robots by naturally inheriting the reproductive mechanism of the biologocal C.elegans worm (notwithstanding the size effect).

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