Control of snake-like robot based on kinematic model with image sensor

In this paper, a vision based control of a redundant snake-like robot was proposed on the basis of kinematic model. With the camera installed on the head of the snake-like robot, position and posture can be real-time feedback to the controller via an image processing component. Experiment results are shown.

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