Design of a variable stiffness flexible manipulator with composite granular jamming and membrane coupling

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2922-2927

  Jiang, Allen ^a   Xynogalas, Georgios ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Althoefer, Kaspar ^a   Nanayakkara, Thrishantha ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONFIGURATION CONTROL; CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS; EXTERNAL FORCE; GRANULAR JAMMING; GRANULE SIZE; MCKIBBEN ACTUATORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; REACHABILITY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; SNAKE LIKES; SOFT MANIPULATOR; SOFT ROBOT; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SURGERY;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84872345123     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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