Tongue Mechanism Inspired by Anteater for the Realization of the Function of Repeatable Putting in-out Motion

Abstract

In this paper, we developed a robot as a simplified physics simulator to elucidate the tongue of the anteater and exploit its moving principle. Furthermore, the middle term purpose of the research is to extract the functions of the soft switching bodies entering and leaving at high frequency, implement them as mechanism elements, and utilize as an application such as cleaning devices. As a long term, the major objective is to lead to an interactive academic development of both biology and robot engineering.