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ProfessorFerdinandoRodriguez y Baena

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7046f.rodriguez Website

 
 
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Location

 

B415CBessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Garriga:2019:10.1115/1.4041739,
author = {Garriga, Casanovas A and Rodriguez, y Baena F},
doi = {10.1115/1.4041739},
journal = {Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics},
title = {Kinematics of continuum robots with constant curvature bending and extension capabilities},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4041739},
volume = {11},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Continuum robots are becoming increasingly popular due to the capabilities they offer, especially when operating in cluttered environments, where their dexterity, maneuverability, and compliance represent a significant advantage. The subset of continuum robots that also belong to the soft robots category has seen rapid development in recent years, showing great promise. However, despite the significant attention received by these devices, various aspects of their kinematics remain unresolved, limiting their adoption and obscuring their potential. In this paper, the kinematics of continuum robots with the ability to bend and extend are studied, and analytical, closed-form solutions to both the direct and inverse kinematics are presented. The results obtained expose the redundancies of these devices, which are subsequently explored. The solution to the inverse kinematics derived here is shown to provide an analytical, closed-form expression describing the curve associated with these redundancies, which is also presented and analyzed. A condition on the reachable end-effector poses for robots with six actuation degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) is then distilled. The kinematics of robot layouts with over six actuation DOFs are subsequently considered. Finally, simulated results of the inverse kinematics are provided, verifying the study.
AU  - Garriga,Casanovas A
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
DO  - 10.1115/1.4041739
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1942-4302
TI  - Kinematics of continuum robots with constant curvature bending and extension capabilities
T2  - Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4041739
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62810
VL  - 11
ER  -
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