On the Kinematics of Remotely-Actuated Continuum Robots
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چکیده
Over the past several years, there has been a rapidly expanding interest in the the study and construction o,f a new class of robot manipulators which utilize high degree of freedom, or continuous, backbone structures. I n this paper, we consider and illustrate some basic properties of a class of “hyper-redundant” robots, known as “continuum” robots. W e base our analysis around remotely-driven, tendon-actuated manipulators such as the Rice/Clemson “Elephant’s Punk”. W e discuss such issues as the kinematic model, the relationship between tendon lengths and bending, and desirable design constraints f o r continuum robot mechanisms.
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