Kinematic Analysis of Continuum Robot Consisted of Driven Flexible Rods

Yingzhong Tian, Mingxuan Luan, Xu Gao, Wenbin Wang and Long Li

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2016, vol. 2016, 1-7

Abstract:

This paper presents the kinematic analysis of a continuum bionic robot with three flexible actuation rods. Since the motion of the end-effector is actuated by the deformation of the rods, the robot structure is with high elasticity and good compliance and the kinematic analysis of the robot requires special treatment. We propose a kinematic model based on the geometry with constant curvature. The analysis consists of two independent mappings: a general mapping for the kinematics of all robots and a specific mapping for this kind of robots. Both of those mappings are developed for the single section and for the multisections. We aim at providing a guide for kinematic analysis of the similar manipulators through this paper.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1155/2016/6984194

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