In this paper, we describe the state of the art in continuum robot manipulators and systems
intended for application to interventional medicine. Inspired by biological trunks, tentacles …

Tendon actuation is one of the most prominent actuation principles for continuum robots. To
date, a wide variety of modelling approaches has been derived to describe the deformations …

Remotely controlled soft continuum robots with active steering capability have broad
prospects in medical applications. However, conventional continuum robots have the …

Continuum robots are flexible mechanisms that enable tasks in cluttered environments
where conventional robots cannot operate. However, their few design parameters and …

Continuum robots have shown astounding abilities to assist surgeons reaching confined
spaces in the human body. Thus, accurate control of these manipulators, and particularly …

Continuum and soft robots can positively impact diverse sectors, from biomedical
applications to marine and space exploration, thanks to their potential to adaptively interact …

In view of the demand for flexible drive and large load of the soft robot in the practical
application, a novel type of flexible-actuated multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) parallel …

Grasping objects by continuum arms or fingers is a new field of interest in robotics.
Continuum manipulators have the advantages of high adaptation and compatibility with …

Learning to rank has considered as a promising approach for ranking in information
retrieval. In recent years feature selection for learning to rank introduced as a crucial issue …

In most environments, solar panels need some cleaning system for dust removal. Recently,
robotic cleaning systems have been introduced and used in power plants. Typically, one …