Analytic formulation for kinematics, statics, and shape restoration of multibackbone continuum robots via elliptic integrals

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Xu, Kai ^a   Simaan, Nabil ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION REDUNDANCY; BENDING MOTION; CIRCULAR SHAPE; CONTINUUM ROBOT; ELLIPTIC INTEGRALS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXTERNAL LOADS; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM;

KINEMATICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; RESTORATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 78651517201     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000519     Document Type: Article

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