Meet the EMBUR: a nature inspired robot by UC Berkeley researchers that can self-burrow vertically, the way Pacific mole crabs burrow themselves in beach sand, using complaint legs.
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EMBUR: Digging Deep
The above video shows this robot in action. As the researchers explain, they used fabrics to create a feathering mechanism to sweep through granular media.
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