A novel layer jamming mechanism with tunable stiffness capability for minimally invasive surgery

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1031-1042

  Kim, Yong Jae ^a   Cheng, Shanbao ^b   Kim, Sangbae ^c   Iagnemma, Karl ^c  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b TECHNIP   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer jamming; minimally invasive surgery (MIS); snake like manipulator; tunable stiffness

Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURES; MANIPULATOR PROTOTYPES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SNAKE LIKES; STIFFNESS CHANGES; THIN MATERIALS; TUNABLE STIFFNESS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

JAMMING;

EID: 84882450817     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2013.2256313     Document Type: Article

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