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Article History

Received: 29 September 2025

Revised: 1 February 2026

Accepted: 18 February 2026

First Online: 2 April 2026

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: This is to confirm that the manuscript titled “Design and gait planning of a worm-inspired metameric robot for crawling in various environments” we are submitting has never been published before. Also, it is not currently being considered for publication in any other journal. All the list authors have carefully reviewed and approved this manuscript. We all agree to submit it to Journal of Bionic Engineering for publication and are aware of and accept the journal’s publication policies.

: We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of, the manuscript entitled.