An origami-based medical support system to mitigate flexible shaft buckling

B Sargent, J Butler, K Seymour… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the development of an origami-inspired support system (the OriGuide)
that enables the insertion of flexible instruments using medical robots. Varying parameters of …

Fully-printable soft actuator with variable stiffness by phase transition and hydraulic regulations

T Liao, MS Kalairaj, CJ Cai, ZTH Tse, H Ren - Actuators, 2021 - mdpi.com
Actuators with variable stiffness have vast potential in the field of compliant robotics.
Morphological shape changes in the actuators are possible, while they retain their structural …

Comparative Study of Mechanical Scaling Effects of Origami-Inspired Motion Generation Mechanisms with Multi-Degree Vertices

S Krishnapuram, X Xiao, H Ren - Actuators, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Origami exhibits the remarkable ability to transform into diverse shapes, including
quadrilaterals, triangles, and more complex polygons. This unique property has inspired the …

[引用][C] An Origami-Based Medical Support System to Mitigate Flexible Shaft Buckling

B Sargent, J Butler, K Seymour, D Bailey, B Jensen… - J. Mech. Rob., 2019