Jan Tommy Gravdahl

The Quadruped Soft Tail: Compliant Grasping and Swabbing for Contamination Surveys in Harsh Environments

Harald Minde Hansen, Nandita Gallacher, Kristin Y. Pettersen, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Mario di Castro

Beryllium contamination surveys in radioactive areas are challenging for robots in environments cluttered with cables and electronics. To address this problem, we have developed a novel quadruped system augmentation: A lightweight, soft, and compliant tendon-actuated robotic tail…Read more