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ICRA
2010
IEEE
13 years 3 months ago
2010
IEEE
Abstract— Continuum robots made from telescoping precurved elastic tubes enable base-mounted actuators to specify the curved shapes of robots as thin as standard surgical needles...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
2009
IEEE
— Active cannulas are a relatively new continuum robot subclass characterized by their use of preshaped tubes that transmit bending moments as they slide within one another and a...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
13 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
This paper presents a methodology based on a variation of the Quintic Pythagorean Hodographs curves for generating smooth feasible paths for autonomous vehicles in three-dimensiona...
IROS
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2006
IEEE
— We have developed a new class of continuously flexible snake-like robots, called active cannulas, that consist of several telescoping pre-curved superelastic tubes. The device...
IROS
2009
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
2009
IEEE
— An active cannula is a medical device composed of thin, pre-curved, telescoping tubes that may enable many new surgical procedures. Planning optimal motions for these devices i...