Motion planning for concentric tube robots using mechanics-based models

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 5153-5159

  Torres, Luis G ^a   Alterovitz, Ron ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CAVITY; BRAIN TUMORS; CLINICAL TARGETS; COMPUTATION TIME; CONCENTRIC TUBE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MOTION PLANNERS; OPTIMAL PLAN; ROADMAP; SAMPLING-BASED; SKULL BASE; TORSIONAL INTERACTIONS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; NEUROSURGERY; ROBOTICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84455191608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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