ENDOSCOPIC MANIPULATORS: ENDO-PLATFORM


* Current tool positioning through bending the last 10 cm. of the scope


* Endo-platform provides finer tool positioning: design similar to a tendon driven version of a "Stewart platform".


* Spherical joint, 3-tendon control


* Closed-loop control (2.2M mpeg movie) implemented


previous next

Shankar Sastry (sastry@robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu) / September 1996.