A voice-controlled vehicle. A shape-shifting probe designed to squeeze inside aircraft. A blood-suctioning surgical assistant ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inspired by human limbs, most robots are created with discrete links rigidly connected by joints. The continuum robot, in contrast, can move by bending through a series of continuous arcs ...

“We have started early tests to see if the robot can navigate and has enough motion capabilities to perform surgical procedures,” said UTC director, Professor Dragos Axinte. “For medical applications ...