Continuum robots for endoscopic sinus surgery: Recent advances, challenges, and prospects

Y Cao, Y Shi, W Hong, P Dai, X Sun… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has been recognized as an effective treatment
modality for paranasal sinus diseases. Over the past decade, continuum robots (CRs) for …

Dynamic balancing of parallel manipulators through reconfiguration

D Zhang, B Wei - Dynamic Systems and Control …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
When parallel manipulators move, due to the fact that the center of mass (CoM) of the
system is not fixed and its angular momentum is not constant, vibration is usually produced …

Performance improvement for robotic mechanisms by: synthesis design, dynamic balancing and adaptive control techniques

B Wei - 2016 - library-archives.canada.ca
Robotics have been used in many arenas, such as manufacturing, medical, and space.
Currently, the use of robotics is limited with respect to performance capabilities. Improving …

Design of a dynamic balanced spatial grasper mechanism

D Zhang, B Wei - The 27th Chinese Control and Decision …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a dynamic balanced spatial grasper mechanism is proposed and designed
based on the principle vector linkage. In the literature, no dynamic balanced spatial grasp …

Design, Optimization, and Experimental Validation of a Handheld Nonconstant-Curvature Hybrid-Structure Robotic Instrument for Maxillary Sinus Surgery

X Wang, X Ma, P Zhu, WS Ng, H Zhang… - IEEE/ASME …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current robotic flexible medical tools employed in maxillary sinus surgery have shown
certain limitations in dexterity and stiffness, resulting in large surgical incisions and potential …

New Reactionless Spatial Grasper Design and Analysis

D Zhang, B Wei - Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering for Advanced …, 2017 - Springer
A new reactionless spatial grasper is proposed and designed based on the principal vector
linkage. In the literature, few dynamic balanced spatial grasp mechanisms can be found and …