3 accepted papers
Although continuum robots have the potential to operate in narrow areas by changing their shapes and propelling their bodies, they easily vibrate under sudden or periodic applications of external forces. Suppressing vibrations is difficult in our jet-actuated continuum robot because the movements of
Fluid injection has promising potential as a novel actuation approach for robots to enable the rapid switching of large forces. We have proposed a nozzle unit with multiple active rotating nozzles for controlling the magnitude and direction of the net force simultaneously. However, a new fundamental
Long flexible continuum robots have a high potential for search and rescue operations that explore deep layered debris. A general problem of these robots is in the control of the head motion because their thin bodies limit the space available to mount multiple actuators. This paper develops a biaxia…