Design of 3D-Printed Flexible Joints With Presettable Stiffness for Surgical Robots

Continuum manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery due to their high dexterity. However, different surgeries have different stiffness and dexterity requirements. This paper describes a continuum manipulator for robot-assisted surgery. The flexible part is a joint that can be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan Feng, Wuzhou Hong, Le Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9079792/