This is the HERO-BLUE: a multimodal underwater robot capable of swimming, crawling, and walking. It has a salamander-like spine and soft undulating fin for these modes. It combines swimming and legged motion to overcome challenging underwater environments. The below video shows this robot in action:
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[HERO BLUE] T-RO: total video
This robot can traverse rough benthic terrain. It can change mode without hardware replacement in the middle of the session. BLUE is 0.6m wide and 0.3m tall. It weighs 11.32kg.
[HT:Taesik Kim; Juhwan Kim; Son-Cheol Yu]
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