| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 503 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface: A design journey of biorobotic motion generation mechanisms and flexible continuum system development -- Slender snake-like endoscopic robots in surgery -- Prototyping soft origami quad-bellows robots from single-bellows characterization -- Cable-driven flexible endoscope utilizing diamond-shaped perforations : FlexDiamond -- Flexible steerable manipulator utilizing complementary configuration of multiple routing grooves and ball joints for stable omnidirectional bending -- Modular origami joint operator to create bendable motions with multiple radii -- Handheld flexible robot with concentric tubes aiming for intraocular procedures -- Tendon routing and anchoring for cable-driven single-port surgical manipulators with spring backbones and luminal constraints -- Compliant bending tubular mechanisms with variable groove patterns for flexible robotic drilling delivery -- Tendon-driven linkage for steerable guide of flexible bending manipulation -- Soft-bodied flexible bending mechanism with silent shape memory alloys aiming for robotic endoscopy -- Comparative mechanical analysis for flexible bending manipulators with quad-tendon antagonistic pairs -- Flexible robotic platform with multiple-bending tendon-driven mechanism -- Design evolution of a flexible robotic bending end-effector for transluminal explorations -- Force sensing in compact concentric tube mechanism with optical fibers -- Electrochemical characterization of magnetic responsive and conductive soft polymer actuators -- Robotic transluminal Pan-and-Tilt Scope -- Single-port multichannel multi-degree-of-freedom robot with variable stiffness for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery -- EndoGoose : a flexible and steerable endoscopic forceps with actively pose-retaining bendable sections -- Flexible drill manipulator utilizing different rolling sliding joints for transoral drilling through the tracheal tissue -- Thermo-responsive hydrogel-based circular valve embedded with shape-memory actuators -- OmniFlex : omnidirectional flexible hand-held endoscopic manipulator with spheroidal joint |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Robotics in medicine.
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Robots -- Motion.
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Medical electronics.
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Electronics, Medical
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Robotic Surgical Procedures
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Medical electronics
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Robotics in medicine
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Robots -- Motion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128165560 |
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0128165561 |
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