2020
SLAM-Based Follow-the-Leader Deployment of Concentric Tube Robots
Cedric Girerd, Andrey V. Kudryavtsev, Patrick Rougeot, Pierre Renaud, Kanty Rabenorosoa, Brahim Tamadazte
RA-L 2020
This paper deals with an original combination of navigation by simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and follow-the-leader (FTL) deployment for the control of concentric tube robots (CTRs). The objective is to make possible the automatic navigation of such continuum robots within an anatomica