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ICRA
2003
IEEE
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Vision based shape estimation for continuum robots
Abstract– The investigation of continuum robots has become an area of considerable interest in the last several years. Unlike conventional robotic manipulators which bend in disc...
Michael W. Hannan, Ian D. Walker
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Three dimensional statics for continuum robotics
—This paper introduces a method for computing the shape of a continuously-flexible (continuum) robot in 3-D space which includes gravity loading by applying Cosserat rod theory t...
Bryan A. Jones, Ricky L. Gray, Krishna Turlapati