Design of a continuum robot for in-situ repair of aero engine

Unlike conventional rigid-link robots, continuum robot, also known as elephant trunk and snake arm robot, has numerous numbers of degrees of freedom, which enables it to be used for accessing confined places in many fields, e.g. minimally invasive surgery, and safe robot/objective interactions, e.g....

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Main Author: Dong, Xin
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31679/