Herein, recent advances, current limitations, and open challenges in the design, modeling,
and control of continuum robots are discussed. Thanks to their lean bodies, these robots …

The many degrees of freedom of continuum robots (CRs) enable unique applications in the
search and rescue, medical and aerospace industries. However, the many motors required …

Continuum robots are flexible mechanisms that enable tasks in cluttered environments
where conventional robots cannot operate. However, their few design parameters and …

Continuum robots are able of in-situ inspection tasks in cluttered environments and narrow
passages, where conventional robots and human operators cannot intervene. However …

The maintenance of critical industrial components is often hindered by limited access,
tortuous passages, and complex geometries. In highly constrained environments, inspection …

Tendon-driven continuum robots are conventionally modeled with either discrete or
differential representations of their shapes, which neglect the physical design of the robot …

In-situ maintenance is of great significance for improving the efficiency and ensuring the
safety of aeroengines. The cable-driven continuum robot (CDCR) with twin-pivot compliant …

Rigid robots have found wide-ranging applications in manufacturing automation, owing to
their high loading capacity, high speed, and high precision. Nevertheless, these robots …

Continuum robots, characterized by their high flexibility and infinite degrees of freedom
(DoFs), have gained prominence in applications such as minimally invasive surgery and …

Continuum robots have often been compared with rigid-link designs through conventional
performance metrics (eg, precision and Jacobian-based indicators). However, these metrics …