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A Conveyor Belt Mechanism for Repositionable Magnetic Coupling Between Continuum Robots
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A robotics research paper on A Conveyor Belt Mechanism for Repositionable Magnetic Coupling Between Continuum Robots.
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Original abstract
This work proposes a novel conveyor belt mechanism enabling continuous, active repositioning of functional elements along the body of a tendon-driven continuum robot. Up to three conveyor belt mechanisms are integrated within a 9 mm diameter continuum robot. We demonstrate equivalent or reduced conveyor belt actuation forces compared to robot tendon actuation forces. As a case study, we mount permanent magnets along two conveyor belts, and demonstrate actively reconfigurable inter-robot coupling. Coupling point location and quantity can be adjusted during robot operation to actively tune the effective stiffness of the coupled multi-robot system. We show that effective stiffness follows a predictable inverse-cubic relationship with coupling location, and increases with the number of coupling points. These findings demonstrate that the conveyor belt mechanism enables active functional element repositioning for changing tasks requirements, with magnetic inter-robot coupling as one proof-of-concept.
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