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VIBRATING ROBOTIC CRAWLER

  • US 20100145143A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2008
  • Published: 06/10/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vibration-driven device comprising a body having a plurality of flexible fibers attached thereto, the surface of at least some of said fibers having along at least part of their length, anisotropic friction with at least one juxtaposed surface, said fibers extending from said body such that at least some of them are in contact with said at least one juxtaposed surface along part of their length,wherein mutual vibratory motion between said device and said juxtaposed surface causes said device to move relative to said at least one juxtaposed surface.

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