Incorporating tube-to-tube clearances in the kinematics of concentric tube robots

J Ha, PE Dupont - 2017 IEEE International Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mechanics-based formulations of concentric tube robots incorporate tube bending and
twisting, but do not include other phenomena that could model observed hysteretic behavior …

Toward Extending Concentric Tube Robot Kinematics for Large Clearance and Impulse Curvature

Z Zhang, J Shen, J Ha, Y Chen - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Concentric Tube Robots (CTRs) have been proposed to operate within the unstructured
environment for minimally invasive surgeries. In this letter, we consider the operation …