A Soft Pneumatic Two-Degree-of-Freedom Actuator for Endoscopy

The rise of soft robotics opens new opportunities in endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Pneumatic catheters offer a promising alternative to conventional steerable catheters for safe navigation through the natural pathways without tissue injury. In this work, we present an optimized 6 mm diam...

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Main Authors: Gilles Decroly, Pierre Lambert, Alain Delchambre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.768236/full