Development of a Rigidity Tunable Flexible Joint Using Magneto-Rheological Compounds—Toward a Multijoint Manipulator for Laparoscopic Surgery

Development of a Rigidity Tunable Flexible Joint Using Magneto-Rheological Compounds—Toward a Multijoint Manipulator for Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery is a representative operative method of minimally invasive surgery. However, most laparoscopic hand instruments consist of rigid and straight structures, which have serious limitations such as interference by the instruments and limited field of view of the endoscope. To improve...

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Main Authors: Sousaku Kitano, Toshihiko Komatsuzaki, Ikuto Suzuki, Masamichi Nogawa, Hisashi Naito, Shinobu Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Subjects:
medical robotics
manipulator
magnetic material
variable stiffness
electromagnetic device
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2020.00059/full

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