A review paper by scientists at the Zhejiang University summarized the development of continuum robots from the aspects of design, actuation, modeling and control field. The new review paper ...

Continuum robots have great flexibility which allows them to avoid obstacles. However, they form complex shapes during movement, which is difficult to track. Existing studies addressing this issue ...

MIT researchers have invented a way to efficiently optimize the control and design of soft robots for target tasks, which has traditionally been a monumental undertaking in computation.

A robot called the Longitudinally Extensible Continuum-robot inspired by Hirudinea (LEeCH) can elongate and bend its body to climb walls, just like a leech. It is made from a shower hose with two ...

They include fully active continuum robots with a length-to-diameter ratio exceeding 80, and active-passive continuum robots that can extend to several meters. These have been validated in various ...

Reachability Improvement of a Climbing Robot Based on Large Deformations Induced by Tri-Tube Soft Actuators. Soft Robotics, 2019; DOI: 10.1089/soro.2018.0115 ...

Fast Company Magazine has awarded pioneering life sciences company Xenco Medical with its prestigious 2024 Innovation by Design Award for its groundbreaking TrabeculeX Continuum, the first ...