Reduced Cartesian Kinetostatics for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots: Residual-Stabilized Full-Shape Propagation
Many planning and control tasks for tendon-driven continuum robots (TDCRs) require the complete Cartesian backbone geometry. We present a reduced Cartesian framework for planar, axially compressible TDCRs that propagates equilibrium configurations along prescribed tendon-force and tendon-displacement trajectories. The...