A 4-DOF flexible continuum robot using a spring backbone

2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1249-1254

  Yoon, Hyun Soo ^a   Yi, Byung Ju ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuum; Safety; Spring backbone

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION SPACE; CONTINUUM ROBOT; HUMAN BODIES; KINEMATIC REDUNDANCY; MOTION PLANNING ALGORITHMS; WHOLE BODY;

KINEMATICS; MECHATRONICS; MOTION PLANNING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77449159816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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