Design and analysis of a bio-inspired wire-driven multi-section flexible robot: Regular paper

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Li, Zheng ^a   Du, Ruxu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bio inspired; Continuum robot; Serpentine robot; Wire driven mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; CONTINUUM ROBOT; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PIECE-WISE CONSTANTS; POSITIONING ACCURACY; SERPENTINE ROBOTS; WIRE-DRIVEN;

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ROBOTS; SERPENTINE; WIRE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84878701925     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/56025     Document Type: Article

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