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A Multi-Vine Soft Robot Enabling Accessible Working Channel and Steering

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 3, 2026 · UTC

Soft eversion robots, also known as vine robots, have attracted growing interest for navigation and inspection tasks, including minimally invasive medical applications [1]. A vine robot consists of a thin, flexible, inextensible tube folded inward that everts and grows forward when pressurized. This tip-growth enables navigation with minimal friction, making vine robots well suited for complex environments such as the human colon [2]. While their inherent softness allows passive conforma- tion to curved pathways in confined spaces, navigation performance strongly depends on environmental inter

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