Not an expert, but I guess one (key?) problem may be how to control many "strings" simultaneously but using only one motor as the source of force or torque. Otherwise the large degrees of freedom would require many micro motors.
Because the motors pull on strings, they don’t need to be inside the arm. If you control many DOFs with one motor, they aren’t really DOFs. Because they can’t move independently. This is what you want though, otherwise you couldn’t control the arm freely.
magnificent talk. This talk is kind of my start point for continuum robots.
where did you reached for now? I am also looking something to start
Thanks for the inspiration and the energy 💚🐛
Not an expert, but I guess one (key?) problem may be how to control many "strings" simultaneously but using only one motor as the source of force or torque. Otherwise the large degrees of freedom would require many micro motors.
Because the motors pull on strings, they don’t need to be inside the arm. If you control many DOFs with one motor, they aren’t really DOFs. Because they can’t move independently. This is what you want though, otherwise you couldn’t control the arm freely.