Design and control of concentric-tube robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-225

  Dupont, Pierre E ^a   Lock, Jesse ^b   Itkowitz, Brandon ^c   Butler, Evan ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum robots; Flexible arms; Kinematics; Medical robots and systems; Telerobotics

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM ROBOT; FLEXIBLE ARM; FLEXIBLE ARMS; MEDICAL ROBOTS; TELE-ROBOTICS;

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTIC ARMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77950858235     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2009.2035740     Document Type: Article

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