Nancy J. Deaton

A Large-Deflection FBG Bending Sensor for SMA Bending Modules for Steerable Surgical Robots

This paper presents the development of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) bending sensor for shape memory alloy (SMA) bending modules. Due to the small form factor, low cost, and large-deflection capability, SMA bending modules can be used to construct disposable surgical robots for a variety of minimally…