Continuum robots - a state of the art

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue , 1999, Pages 2849-2854

  Robinson, G ^a   Davies, J B C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ROBOT APPLICATIONS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

BIOLOGICAL TENTACLES; CONTINUUM ROBOTS; SERPENTIVE ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0032668064     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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