TROB
2010
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Continuum robots, which are composed of multiple concentric, precurved elastic tubes, can provide dexterity at diameters equivalent to standard surgical needles. Recent mechanicsba...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2010
IEEE
Abstract— Continuum robots made from telescoping precurved elastic tubes enable base-mounted actuators to specify the curved shapes of robots as thin as standard surgical needles...
IROS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2006
IEEE
— We have developed a new class of continuously flexible snake-like robots, called active cannulas, that consist of several telescoping pre-curved superelastic tubes. The device...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2008
IEEE
Abstract— Active cannulas are remotely actuated thin continuum robots with the potential to traverse narrow and winding environments without relying on “guiding” environmenta...
IROS
2009
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2009
IEEE
— An active cannula is a medical device composed of thin, pre-curved, telescoping tubes that may enable many new surgical procedures. Planning optimal motions for these devices i...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2009
IEEE
— Active cannulas are a relatively new continuum robot subclass characterized by their use of preshaped tubes that transmit bending moments as they slide within one another and a...