Robotics is a forward-looking discipline. Attention is focused on identifying the next grand
challenges. In an applied field such as medical robotics, however, it is important to plan the …

Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

Continuum robots are not constructed with discrete joints but, instead, change shape and
position their tip by flexing along their entire length. Their narrow curvilinear shape makes …

In this paper, we describe the state of the art in continuum robot manipulators and systems
intended for application to interventional medicine. Inspired by biological trunks, tentacles …

We present a new variable curvature continuum kinematics for multisection continuum
robots with arbitrarily shaped backbone curves assembled from sections with three degrees …

Robotics applications in facial plastic surgery has been practical and observed to have
benefits. For instance, minimal invasiveness, small number of incisions, less blood loss …

Continuum robots can traverse anatomical pathways to intervene in regions deep inside the
human body. They are able to steer along 3D curves in confined spaces and dexterously …

Concentric tube robots are catheter-sized continuum robots that are well suited for minimally
invasive surgery inside confined body cavities. These robots are constructed from sets of …

Robot manipulators are increasingly used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). They are
required to have small size, wide workspace, adequate dexterity and payload ability when …

Parallel continuum robots (PCRs) combine the compactness, simplicity, and compliance of
continuum robots with the precision and strength of rigid-link parallel robots. In this paper …