Design and Preliminary Testing of a Continuum Assistive Robotic Manipulator

Background: The application of continuum manipulators as assistive robots is discussed and tested through the use of Bendy ARM, a simple manually teleoperated tendon driven continuum manipulator prototype. Methods: Two rounds of user testing were performed to evaluate the potential of this arm to ai...

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Main Authors: Ryan Coulson, Megan Robinson, Max Kirkpatrick, Devin R. Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Robotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/8/4/84