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Continuum Robotics

Continuum Robotics is a subfield of medical soft robotics that focuses on robotic systems with continuously flexible structures, distinguished from traditional rigid-link robots by their ability to achieve complex, smooth motions through inherent structural compliance and distributed deformation.

936

Publications

54.4K

Citations

2K

Authors

523

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

616

Parents

Publications

936

Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey

Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, D. Caleb Rucker, Howie Choset · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2015 · 1.5K citations

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Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots

Yoonho Kim, German Alberto Parada, Shengduo Liu et al. · Science Robotics · 2019 · 1.3K citations

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Kinematics for multisection continuum robots

Cliff B. Jones, Ian D. Walker · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2006 · 939 citations

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Design and Control of Concentric-Tube Robots

Pierre E. Dupont, Jesse Lock, Brandon Itkowitz et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2010 · 737 citations · Full text

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Kinematics and the Implementation of an Elephant's Trunk Manipulator and Other Continuum Style Robots

M.W. Hannan, Ian D. Walker · Journal of Robotic Systems · 2003 · 734 citations · Full text

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Authors

2K

  1. ID
    Ian D. Walker

    Clemson University, United States

    80 publications · 7.3K citations

    43

    h-index

  2. DC
    D. Caleb Rucker

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    32 publications · 5.1K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. JB
    Jessica Burgner-Kahrs

    Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

    36 publications · 3.2K citations

    24

    h-index

  4. RJ
    Robert J. Webster

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    26 publications · 3K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. DA
    Dragoş Axinte

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

    22

    h-index

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Institutions

523

  1. Clemson University

    Clemson, United States

    43 h-index

    184 publications

    15K citations

  2. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    32 h-index

    110 publications

    8.5K citations

  3. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    114 publications

    9.7K citations

  4. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    26 h-index

    149 publications

    6.2K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    77 publications

    6.4K citations

  6. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    93 publications

    6.8K citations

  7. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    22 h-index

    84 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    21 h-index

    97 publications

    5.3K citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Transactions on Robotics

    57 publications · 10.8K citations

    46

    h-index

  2. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    83 publications · 3.8K citations

    37

    h-index

  3. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

    40 publications · 2.9K citations

    33

    h-index

  4. Soft Robotics

    SoRo · 31 publications · 3.5K citations

    26

    h-index

  5. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

    20

    h-index

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