Design and evaluation of a continuum robot with extendable balloons

This article presents the design and preliminary evaluation of a novel continuum robot actuated by two extendable balloons. Extendable balloons are utilized as the actuation mechanism of the robot, and they are attached to the tip from their slack sections. These balloons can extend very much in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E. Y. Yarbasi, E. Samur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-02-01
Series:Mechanical Sciences
Online Access:https://www.mech-sci.net/9/51/2018/ms-9-51-2018.pdf