A model for concentric tube continuum robots under applied wrenches

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1047-1052

  Rucker, D Caleb ^a   Jones, Bryan A ^b   Webster III, Robert J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM THEORIES; CONCENTRIC TUBE; CONTINUUM ROBOT; CURRENT MODELS; CURVED SHAPES; ELASTIC TUBES; EXTERNAL FORCE; FORWARD KINEMATICS; FREE-SPACE BEAMS; GEOMETRICALLY EXACT; TIP FORCES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ROBOTS; TOOLS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955791243     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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