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Author De Falco, Iris

Title Design and Fabrication of an Elastomeric Unit for Soft Modular Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Published Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
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Description online resource (streaming video file)(666 seconds)
Series Bioengineering
Summary This paper describes the design and fabrication of a soft unit for surgical manipulators. The base module includes three flexible fluidic actuators to achieve omnidirectional bending and elongation, and a granular jamming-based mechanism to enable stiffness control. A complete mechanical characterization is also reported
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Audience For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
Notes English
Subject Bioengineering
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