题名

Kinematic Model and Workspace Analysis of Tendon-driven Continuum Robots

DOI

10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS13.019

作者

Kun Cao;Rong-Jie Kang;Jun-Guo Wang;Zhi-Bin Song;Jian Dai

关键词

Continuum robots ; Tendon-driven mechanisms ; Interference ; Workspace

期刊名称

Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress

卷期/出版年月

14th-2(2015 / 10 / 27)

页次

640 - 644

内容语文

英文

英文摘要

Continuum robots have excited increasing attention and effort from robotic community due to their high dexterity and safety. This paper designs a continuum robot equipped with an elastic backbone structure and tendon-driven system. The kinematic model of such robot is formulated and a novel approach to analyze the workspace is developed by identifying the interference between the backbone structure and the actuated tendons. An optimization function is then used to achieve appropriate compromise between the workspace and the internal space of the robot, which provides an evaluation criterion for the robot design.

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