This paper describes and discusses the history and state of the art of continuous backbone
robot manipulators. Also known as continuum manipulators, these robots, which resemble …

This paper presents a literature survey documenting the evolution of continuum robots over
the past two decades (1999–present). Attention is paid to bioinspired soft robots with respect …

Continuum robots with redundant degrees of freedom and postactuated devices are suitable
for application in aerospace, nuclear facilities, and other narrow and multiobstacle special …

Variable length multisection continuum arms are a class of continuum robotic manipulators
that generate motion by structural mechanical deformation. Unlike most continuum robots …

This paper presents a novel design of extensible continuum robots in light of origami-
inspired folding techniques. The design starts from a modularized crease pattern, which …

To achieve their full potential, soft and compliant continuum robots must move faster and
more accurately than they can today. To facilitate this, accurate and computationally efficient …