Continuum robotic arms that are inspired from nature, have many advantages compared to traditional robots, which motivate researchers in this field. Dynamic modeling and controlling these robots are challenging subjects due to complicated nonlinearities and considerable uncertainties existing in these structures. In this paper, first a dynamic three-dimensional model of the continuum robotic ar...

This paper discusses a robotic cell that handles geometrically complex products, exploiting cognitive control and actuation systems for the manipulation, assembly packaging. The individual mechatronic components, namely 6-DoF gripper flexible mechanism, have been designed via functional decomposition of actual handling tasks. flexibility these mechanisms is exploited through modules, performing...

recent developments in the area of smart structures indicate that variable geometry / stiffness truss network is of fundamental importance in designing smart transformable structures and systems for space applications. this paper presents the conceptual design and dynamic modeling of a cooperative re-configurabel dual-arm robotic structure called dual-arm cam-lock manipulator. the manipulator i...