Simple Summary With the rapid advancements of medical technologies and patients' higher
expectations for precision diagnostic and surgical outcomes, gastroscopy has been …

Parallel continuum robots (PCRs) combine the compactness, simplicity, and compliance of
continuum robots with the precision and strength of rigid-link parallel robots. In this paper …

Endoscopic procedures have transformed minimally invasive surgery as they allow the
examination and intervention on a patient's anatomy through natural orifices, without the …

The surgical paradigm of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been a key driver to the
adoption of robotic surgical assistance. Progress in the last three decades has led to a …

Robotic bronchoscopy has the potential to improve the early detection of lung cancer. For
the technology to be broadly adopted, the physician needs to be able to control the robotic …

The field of robotic surgery increasingly advances towards highly articulated and continuum
robots, requiring new kinematic strategies to enable users to perform dexterous …

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) can reduce iatrogenic injury and decrease the possibility of
surgical complications. This paper presents a novel flexible and bendable endoscopic …

The use of snake-like robots for surgery is a popular choice for intra-luminal procedures. In
practice, the requirements for strength, flexibility and accuracy are difficult to be satisfied …

Background Endoluminal therapeutic procedures such as endoscopic submucosal
dissection are increasingly attractive given the shift in surgical paradigm towards minimally …

A laparoscopic surgery can be made less invasive by utilizing slimmer tools. However, at the
size scale of the microlaparoscopic instruments, it has been very challenging to incorporate …