Mechanics of precurved-tube continuum robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-78

  Webster III, Robert J ^a   Romano, Joseph M ^b   Cowan, Noah J ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum robot; Flexible manipulator; Medical robot; Snake like robot

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ROBOTS; TENDONS;

CONTINUUM ROBOT; DESIGN TOOLS; ELASTIC TUBES; GENERAL EQUATIONS; KINEMATIC MODELS; MEDICAL ROBOT; MODELING PROCESS; NEW CLASS; REACTION FORCES; SMALL SIZES; SNAKE-LIKE ROBOT; SUPERELASTIC TUBES; TORSIONAL EFFECTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 60549094021     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.2006868     Document Type: Article

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