Towards active variable stiffness manipulators for surgical robots

• Main Authors: Le, Huu Minh, Do, Thanh Nho, Cao, Lin, Phee, Soo Jay
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots; Surgical Robot; Variable Stiffness
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137868
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Variable stiffness for robotics is attracting increasing attention from researchers in the field of surgical robots. A surgical robot that can access the human colon or stomach via natural orifices must be flexible enough to pass through tortuous paths and to work in a confined space. Meanwhile, the...