A Switchable Rigid-Continuum Robot Arm: Design and Testing
Hao Wang,Zhengxue Zhou,Xingyu Yang,Xuping Zhang,Hao Wang,Zhengxue Zhou,Xingyu Yang,Xuping Zhang
This paper presents a novel robot arm that is capable of switching between a rigid robot arm and a continuum robot arm. Therefore, the novel robot arm can perform adaptive physical interaction and manipulation against complex working environments and tasks. The switch-ability of the robot arm is achieved with two types of joints: knee-like flexible joints and continuum flexible joints, with which ...
