Home BEAM family tree Sitter Squirmer Slider Snake Earthworm Design Gallery Misc. Crawler Jumper Roller Walker Swimmer Flier Climber   The BEAM Bestiary is a BEAM Reference Library site.		Earthworms Moving via compressive waves Earthworm BEAMbots move by a compressive longitudinal wave motion. Basically, most of the 'bot is stationary with respect to the ground at any time, and one segment is moved forward a bit.         For more information... You definitely want to check out "The Motion Dynamics of Snakes and Worms."
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