@article{tang2026flex, title={{FlexWorm}: Primitive-Augmented Hybrid Contact-Motion Planning for Suction-Based Multi-Segment Deformable Robots}, author={Tang, Zili and Guo, Tiecheng and Zhang, Qinyue and Guo, Meng}, journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters}, year={2026}, note={To appear}, eprint={2608.16853}, archivePrefix={arXiv}, primaryClass={cs.RO}, url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16853} }