“…The robot can achieve this by climbing to specified positions along the length of the bamboo bundle. This deformation can be calculated with force-or position-based models (Suzuki et al 2018) and can be described by the elastica curve of the bundle, the robot's current location, self-weight, and gravity vector (Figure 9). Static bending as an assembly process, however, is geometrically restrictive, resulting only in forms expressive of the elastica curve.…”