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Design of 3D-Printed Flexible Joints with Presettable Stiffness for Surgical Robots
2020
IEEE Access
Continuum manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery due to their high dexterity. However, different surgeries have different stiffness and dexterity requirements. This paper describes a continuum manipulator for robot-assisted surgery. The flexible part is a joint that can be 3D-printed using various materials. The flexible joints made of each material are of the same size but have different stiffness and dexterity. In this way, the appropriate stiffness can be preset by
doi:10.1109/access.2020.2991092
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