An origami continuum robot capable of precise motion through torsionally stiff body and smooth inverse kinematics

J Santoso, CD Onal - Soft Robotics, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Continuum robot arms, with their hyper-redundant continuously deformable bodies, show
great promise in applications deemed impossible for traditional rigid robot arms with discrete …

A versatile continuum grip** robot with a concealable gripper

S Zhang, F Li, R Fu, H Li, S Zou, N Ma… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Continuum robots with their inherent compliance provide the potential for crossing narrow
unstructured workspace and safely gras** various objects. However, the display gripper …

Sim2real kinematics modeling of industrial robots based on FPGA-acceleration

W Liu, C Zhao, Y Liu, H Wang, W Zhao… - Robotics and Computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is challenging to apply robotic inverse kinematics directly in simulation to real robot motion
due to the multi-configuration problem, robot end deviation, and delay. To this end, this …

A reliable algorithm for obtaining all-inclusive inverse kinematics' solutions and redundancy resolution of continuum robots

A Merrad, A Amouri, A Cherfia, S Djeffal - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a reliable algorithm for solving the inverse kinematic (IK) problem of
continuum robots. Admittedly, there are an infinite number of configurations to get the robot's …

An actuator space optimal kinematic path tracking framework for tendon-driven continuum robots: Theory, algorithm and validation

K Qiu, H Zhang, J Zhang, R **ong… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Path tracking of continuum robots is a fundamental and crucial problem across various
applications. In this article, we address this problem by focussing on three aspects. Firstly …

CIDGIKc: Distance-Geometric Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots

HJ Zhang, M Giamou, F Marić, J Kelly… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small size, high dexterity, and intrinsic compliance of continuum robots (CRs) make
them well suited for constrained environments. Solving the inverse kinematics (IK), that is …

Kinematic analysis and virtual prototype simulation of the thrust mechanism for shield machine

X Wang, D Yuan, X Wang, J Wu - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The hydraulic thrust system of the shield machine is used for driving forward and pose
adjustment. It is of great significance to figure out the thrust mechanism and motion …

An Efficient Multi-solution Solver for the Inverse Kinematics of 3-Section Constant-Curvature Robots

K Qiu, J Zhang, D Sun, R **ong, H Lu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Piecewise constant curvature is a popular kinematics framework for continuum robots.
Computing the model parameters from the desired end pose, known as the inverse …