Flexible robotics in medicine : a design journey of motion generation mechanisms and biorobotic system development /: a design journey of motion generation mechanisms and biorobotic system development. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hongliang Ren.
• Authors: Ren, Hongliang
• Contents: Chapter 1: Slender snake-like endoscopic robots in surgery; Chapter 2: Prototyping soft origami quad-bellows robots from single-bellows characterization; Chapter 3: Cable-driven flexible endoscope utilizing diamond-shaped perforations: FlexDiamond; Chapter 4: Flexible steerable manipulator utilizing complementary configuration of multiple routing grooves and ball joints for stable omnidirectional; Chapter 5: Modular origami joint operator to create bendable motions with multiple radii; Chapter 6: Handheld flexible robot with concentric tubes aiming for intraocular procedures; Chapter 7: Tendon routing and anchoring for cable-driven single-port surgical manipulators with spring backbones and luminal constraints; Chapter 8: Compliant bending tubular mechanisms with variable groove patterns for flexible robotic drilling delivery; Chapter 9: Tendon-driven linkage for steerable guide of flexible bending manipulation; Chapter 10: Soft-bodied flexible bending mechanism with silent shape memory alloys aiming for robotic endoscopy; Chapter 11: Comparative mechanical analysis for flexible bending manipulators with quad-tendon antagonistic pairs; Chapter 12: Flexible robotic platform with multiple-bending tendon-driven mechanism; Chapter 13: Design evolution of a flexible robotic bending end-effector for transluminal explorations; Chapter 14: Force sensing in compact concentric tube mechanism with optical fibers; Chapter 15: Electromechanical characterization of magnetic responsive and conductive soft polymer; Chapter 16: Robotic transluminal Pan-and-Tilt Scope; Chapter 17: Single-port multichannel multi-degree-of-freedom robot with variable stiffness for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; Chapter 18: EndoGoose: flexible and steerable endoscopic forceps with actively pose-retaining bendable sections; Chapter 19: Flexible drill manipulator utilizing different rolling sliding joints for transoral drilling through the tracheal tissue; Chapter 20: Thermo-responsive hydrogel-based circular valve embedded with shape-memory actuators; Chapter 21: OmniFlex: omnidirectional flexible hand-held endoscopic manipulator with spheroidal joint
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.28; Robotics in medicine; Robots -- Motion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128165560
• Related ISBNs: 9780128175958
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