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20. Snake-Like and Continuum Robots

Authors : Ian D. Walker, Howie Choset, Gregory S. Chirikjian

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the state of the art of snake-like (backbones comprised of many small links) and continuum (continuous backbone) robots. The history of each of these classes of robot is reviewed, focusing on key hardware developments. A review of the existing theory and algorithms for kinematics for both types of robot is presented, followed by a summary of modeling of locomotion for snake-like and continuum mechanisms.

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Metadata
Title
Snake-Like and Continuum Robots
Authors
Ian D. Walker
Howie Choset
Gregory S. Chirikjian
Copyright Year
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Springer Handbook of Robotics

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32550-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32552-1

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_20