AIMC Topic: Sand

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Dactyls and inward gripping stance for amphibious crab-like robots on sand.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Sandy beaches are areas that challenge robots of all sizes, especially smaller scale robots. Sand can hinder locomotion and waves apply hydrodynamic forces which can displace, reorient, or even invert the robot. Crab-like legs and gaits are well suit...