From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

Tendon-driven parallel continuum robots (PCR) consist of multiple individual continuous
kinematic chains, that are actuated in bending utilizing tendons routed along their …

Parallel-continuum robots combine the advantages of both parallel and continuum robotics.
They offer a compromise between the inherent compliance and slenderness of continuum …

Tendon-driven continuum robots have increasingly attracted attention these years.
Conventionally, such kind of robots utilizes elastic central backbones to hold the structure …

There is a growing interest on the study of continuum parallel robots (CPRs) due to their
higher stiffness and better dynamics capacities than serial continuum robots (SCRs) …

Continuum parallel robots (CPRs) comprise several flexible beams connected in parallel to
an end-effector. They combine the inherent compliance of continuum robots with the high …

Owing to their tremendous adaptability to free-form objects, soft grippers with fin-ray
structure have a wide range of applications. However, kinetostatics analysis and contact …

Manipulators with variable stiffness provide more flexibility between safety and performance
when executing delicate tasks. In this paper, a novel planar parallel continuum manipulator …

The six-bar single-loop overconstrained Bricard linkages have been attracting continuous
attention due to their special geometry and remarkable mobility. During the past century, a …

Parallel continuum robots (PCRs) based on soft actuators have been recently proposed to
take advantage of both, soft robots in flexible, diverse actuation, parallel robots in stable, and …