Continuum robots have become more popular recently due to their scalable dexterity and
mobility. However, they may suffer from issues like insufficient stiffness because they are …

Robot-assisted technologies are being investigated to overcome the limitations of the
current solutions for transoral surgeries, which suffer from constrained insertion ports …

Snake robots have advantages of terrain adaptability over wheeled mobile robots and
traditional articulated robot arms because of their limbless thin body structure and high …

Robot manipulators are increasingly used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). They are
required to have small size, wide workspace, adequate dexterity and payload ability when …

Highly flexible and environmentally adaptive soft robots have received considerable
attention. There remains a demand for soft robots to realize the stiffness modulation and …

Continuum robots with redundant degrees of freedom and postactuated devices are suitable
for application in aerospace, nuclear facilities, and other narrow and multiobstacle special …

The field of soft robotics has seen increasing interest and developments in recent years.
Stiffness tuning is a desirable characteristic for soft robots since it enables adaptively …

Lesions in the maxillary sinus area are usually treated with endoscopic interventional
surgery. However, target lesions are often hardly accessible with conventional surgical tools …

This article presents a test bed for comprehensive study of a cable-driven hyper-redundant
robot in terms of mechanical design, kinematics analysis, and experimental verification. To …

Minimally invasive surgery is gaining wide-spread attention in the laboratory and the clinic
due to its advantages of less trauma, less pain, and faster recovery. Miniature continuum …