Practical kinematics for real-time implementation of continuum robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1087-1099

  Jones, Bryan A ^a   Walker, Ian D ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired robots; Continuum robot; Kinematics; Tentacle; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ROBOTS; CONTINUUM ROBOTS; TENTACLE; TRUNK;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845521642     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2006.886268     Document Type: Article

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