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Continuous Backbone “Continuum” Robot Manipulators
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This paper describes and discusses the history and state of the art of continuous backbone robot manipulators. Also known as continuum manipulators, these robots, which resemble biological trunks and tentacles, offer capabilities beyond the scope of traditional rigid-link manipulators. They are able to adapt their shape to navigate through complex environments and grasp a wide variety of payloads using their compliant backbones. In this paper, we review the current state of knowledge in the field, focusing particularly on kinematic and dynamic models for continuum robots. We discuss the relationships of these robots and their models to their counterparts in conventional rigid-link robots. Ongoing research and future developments in the field are discussed.
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Tongues, Tentacles and Trunks: the Biomechanics of Movement in Muscular-Hydrostats
KIER, W. M., & SMITH, K. K. (1985) · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01178.x · Cited by 910
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Lessons for Robotics From the Control Architecture of the Octopus
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“Scientific interest in the octopus has found an application in the development of flexible, adaptable robots (Walker et al., 2005; Calisti et al., 2011; Margheri et al., 2012; Walker, 2013; Nesher et al., 2014; Krieg et al., 2015; Nakajima et al., 2017; Mazzolai et al., 2019).”
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- Walker, I. D.
- Venue
- ISRN Robotics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-07-16
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- 2013
- Pages
- 1-19
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- 2090-8806 (ISSN-L)
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- W2095462685
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- 405
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- 1
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- 10.81
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- journal article
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- en
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