"Soft" Continuum Robots - the Interaction of Continuous and Discrete Elements
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In this paper, we examine key issues underlying the design and operation of “soft” robots featuring continuous body (“continuum”) elements. We contrast continuum and continuum-like robots created to date with their counterparts in the natural world. It is observed that natural continuum locomotors or manipulators almost invariably rely on hard/discrete elements (in their structure and/or operation) in their interactions with their environment. Implications for the successful operation and deployment of continuum robots are identified and discussed.
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