{"id":93,"date":"2018-06-28T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/rome\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2018-08-03T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T21:27:02","slug":"soft-continuum-manipulator-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/soft-continuum-manipulator-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Continuum Manipulator Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"93\" class=\"elementor elementor-93 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-262f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"262f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-443c\" data-id=\"443c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52676ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52676ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-0df145f2-6218-292c-e74a-8f59130621fd\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">Soft Continuum Manipulator Research<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b><u>Modal Kinematics<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">One of the most impressive examples in nature of dexterous behavior is the octopus. Its arms are flexible over their entire length, can bend in all directions, vary stiffness, grasp objects using whole-arm manipulation, and apply high forces with respect to its relatively light weight. Robotic arms inspired by the octopus have to undertake the challenge of emulating a virtually continuum structure to achieve prescribed objectives using current engineering technologies. The aim of this work is to develop an accurate model of a continuum robotic arm whose design incorporates key features of the octopus. The proposed arm will have high dexterity, compliant contact, and a soft prehensile grasp. It can be used in underwater exploration tasks in highly unstructured and narrow environments, and for grasping of irregularly shaped objects. Following figure shows a ultisection continuum arm prototype developed in the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-684651d\" data-id=\"684651d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6dbb0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6dbb0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/iitARM5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/iitARM5.jpg 285w, https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/iitARM5-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f02994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f02994\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5969c15\" data-id=\"5969c15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dbe8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46dbe8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A novel kinematic model, based on a prototype continuum arm, that can be applied to any geometrically constrained variable length multisection continuum robot. This approach addresses previous model limitations and produces complete and correct results for forward and inverse kinematic problems. The proposed model is based on a novel MSF approach that facilitates intuitive derivation of MSFs, thus eliminating modal switching schemes and simplifying error models. It avoids kinematic singular configurations arising in previous models and introduces inverse kinematics for position and\/or orientation. Also, inverse kinematic problems are solved directly in the joint space avoiding difficulties in inverse mapping stages due to nonlinear relationships. This physically motivated model produces correct results in all aspects of kinematic analysis and provides enhanced insight into the practical mechanics of the robotic arm.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Research Members: Isuru Godage, David Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino, Gustavo A Medrano-Cerda, and Darwin G Caldwell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca37b30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca37b30\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92ac573\" data-id=\"92ac573\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ebc2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ebc2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d3979f69-84f3-37de-f492-80affb83fe50\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The following videos show the inverse position kinematic tracking through the modal kinematic model and the kinematic decoupling feature which was not reported in previous kinematic models.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-838c04c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"838c04c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b25ac08\" data-id=\"b25ac08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa78529 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"aa78529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ObL5zMdy_Kk&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a7ecae\" data-id=\"6a7ecae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e59cc8 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5e59cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/Vffwh7bVGpA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-221ef91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"221ef91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71b5e2b\" data-id=\"71b5e2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8752ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8752ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Du<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\">al Quaterion Kinematics for Continuum Arms<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;\">DQ\u2019s produce higher accuracy than homogeneous transformation matrices (HTM) when transformed to modal shape functions (MSF) of similar order and are numerically stable. Thus, the model is compact, more accurate and computationally efficient than the modal kinematics proposed by the author based on HTM\u2019s. Also, DQ kinematics does not suffer from singularity related limitations of Euler angle based inverse orientation kinematics. Recursive schemes for deriving DQ\u2019s and DQ Jacobians are also presented and can be extended arbitrarily. Both modal HTM and modal DQ kinematics are then applied to solve illustrative spatial inverse position and orientation tracking problems. Based on the results, this paper quantitatively compares both methods and highlights the advantages of modal DQ kinematics. The proposed DQ kinematics are easily extensible to variable length multisection continuum arm with general actuator configurations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cbd5ea\" data-id=\"9cbd5ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275776b elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"275776b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/vVl07veP0rI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdfb26c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdfb26c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-577d2bc\" data-id=\"577d2bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95022b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a95022b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><u style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b>Modal Dynamics<\/b><\/u><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Due to highly nonlinear and complex nature of resulting expressions, only a few dynamic models have been developed. Lumped or segmented approach to approximate a continuum section have been presented in literature. Composed of simple rigid-linked segments, they avoid complex expressions and singularities associated with the actual curve parametric models. However, many number of such segments are required to successfully approximate smooth bending and hence results in many joint space variables. This leads to complex system models that do not give an insight to actual mechanical structure thus making it difficult to control. A new general modal spatial dynamic model for multisection continuum arms is proposed based on the modal kinematics described above. It also produces efficient numerical simulation results and enables investigating effects of different control schemes on continuum arms. The proposed model can be utilized to dynamically simulate of numerous continuum arm application scenarios such as obstacle avoidance and whole arm grasping, which were not possible with previous models.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc8f0b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc8f0b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2e4247\" data-id=\"f2e4247\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f27556 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3f27556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/hTpzK99Ob6s&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49e1609\" data-id=\"49e1609\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d30d39 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3d30d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/eErF3PynZLw&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b1ac2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b1ac2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59322b2\" data-id=\"59322b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f112493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f112493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-eddf73e4-8501-1125-44e3-74e48a66f30c\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The videos above show a dynamic simulation of a 3-section continuum arm and the second video shows a demonstrates the effect of compliance (of the elastic materials used in construction) and gravity. This simulation uses the novel modal spatial dynamic models.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-886b706 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"886b706\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0b00e9\" data-id=\"d0b00e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82602aa elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"82602aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/k6erJLrCem4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3233b6a\" data-id=\"3233b6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b09027 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7b09027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/qKur0N122xE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e7e48c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e7e48c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ed988e\" data-id=\"0ed988e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e22331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e22331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The results above compare the experimental and simulation dynamic response results side by side for a multisection continuum arm prototype. The damping parameters were computed to match the prototype. These videos clearly shows the model is capable of capturing the essential dynamics of the prototype arm&#8217;s compliant behavior.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20ccf0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20ccf0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf417fc\" data-id=\"cf417fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffcdfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ffcdfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><u>A Center of Gravity Based Approach for Dynamics of Continuum Manipulators<\/u><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;\">To achieve their full potential, soft and compliant continuum robots must move faster and more accurately than they can today. To facilitate this, accurate and computationally efficient dynamic models are essential. While the integral Lagrangian approach can produce accurate models, it is complex and computationally intensive. In this article we propose a new dynamic model based on numerically stable modal kinematics that is both accurate and computationally efficient. The proposed model is a lumped parameter model, but one that is more accurate than prior lumped parameter models because mass locations and quantities are derived from a detailed description of the total energy in a continuum arm with continuously distributed mass. We experimentally validated the model using a pneumatic muscle-actuated continuum arm, and the proposed model successfully simulates the transient and steady-state dynamics of the prototype arm. Further, the model is also compared to the integral Lagrangian and a lumped parameter model to highlight its advantages in terms of computational efficiency and its accuracy<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d653b6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d653b6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7edabd\" data-id=\"b7edabd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9309dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9309dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-37fafb65-a921-6674-97ee-cf11d9539b93\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">Publications<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41f1235 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41f1235\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8040683\" data-id=\"8040683\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90cd9c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90cd9c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ol><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2015.0006?journalCode=soro\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage, Raul Wirz, Ian D. Walker, and Robert J. Webster, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Accurate and Efficient Dynamics for Variable Length Continuum Arms: A Center of Gravity Approach<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201d, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Soft Robotics (SoRo)<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 2015, pp. 96-106.<\/span><\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7139375\/?arnumber=7139375&amp;queryText=Dual%20Quaternion%20Based%20Modal%20Kinematics%20forMultisection%20Continuum%20Arms&amp;newsearch=true&amp;searchField=Search_All\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage and Ian D. Walker, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dual Quaternion Based Modal Kinematics for<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Multisection Continuum Arms<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2015, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">pp. 1416-1422.<\/span><\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-3190\/10\/3\/035002\/meta\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage, Gustavo A. Medrano-Cerda, David T. Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino, Darwin G. Caldwell, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Modal kinematics for multisection continuum arms<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in the Journal of Bioinspiration &amp; Biomimetics (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">B&amp;B<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">), 2015,pp. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">10 (2015) 03500201-20.<\/span><\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/stamp\/stamp.jsp?tp=&amp;arnumber=6181270\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S Godage, David T. Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino et al. (2011) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dynamics for Biomimetic Continuum Arms: A Modal Approach<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 104-109. In <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).<\/span><\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S Godage, Emanuele Guglielmino, David T Branson et al. (2011) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Novel Modal Approach for Kinematics of Multisection Continuum Arms<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 1093-1098. In <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S Godage, David T Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino et al. (2011) <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/stamp\/stamp.jsp?tp=&amp;arnumber=5979607\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Shape Function-Based Kinematics and Dynamics for Variable Length Continuum Robotic Arms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 452-457. In <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S Godage, David T Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino et al. (2012) <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpls\/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6283423\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Path Planning for Multisection Continuum Arms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 1208-1213. In <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jessie L. C. Santiago, Isuru S. Godage, Phanideep Gonthina, Ian D. Walker, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201c<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/online.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2015.0021\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Soft Robots and Kangaroo Tails: Modulating Compliance in Continuum Structures via Mechanical Layer Jamming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Soft Robotics (SoRo)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 3(2), 2016.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">H. Habibi, C. Yang, R. Kang, I. D. Walker, Isuru S. Godage &amp; D. T. Branson III, &#8220;Modeling an actuated large deformation soft continuum robot surface undergoing external forces using a lumped-mass approach&#8221;, in IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018, (accepted).<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Rongjie Kang, Emanuele Guglielmino, Letizia Zullo, David T. Branson III, Isuru S. Godage, and Darwin G. Caldwell, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201c<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ade.sagepub.com\/content\/8\/4\/1687814016643302.full\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Embodiment Design of Soft Continuum Robots<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Advances in Mechanical Engineering (AIM)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">8<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">(4), 2016, pp. 1687814016643302.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage, Raul Wirz, Ian D. Walker, and Robert J. Webster III, &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2482098\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Efficient spatial dynamics for continuum arms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 2015, pp. 1-8.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage, Gustavo A. Medrano-Cerda, David T. Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino, and Darwin G. Caldwell, &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ijr.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2015\/08\/22\/0278364915596450.abstract?rss=1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dynamics for Variable Length Multisection Continuum Arms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 2015, pp. 1-28.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Manas M. Tonapi, Isuru S. Godage, and Ian D. Walker, &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/01691864.2015.1036772?journalCode=tadr20#.Ve2zE2wVhBc\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A Novel Continuum Robotic Cable Aimed at Applications in Space<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Continuum Manipulators<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Special Issue of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Advanced Robotics<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">AR<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">), 2015, pp. 861-875.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jessie Santhiago, Ian D. Walker, and Isuru S. Godage, &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7118897&amp;queryText=Layer-Jamming+Scales+with+Hardening+Capability&amp;newsearch=true&amp;searchField=Search_All\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Continuum robots for space applications based on layer-jamming scales with stiffening capability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;, in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0IEEE Aerospace Conference<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IAC<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">), 2015, pp. 1-13.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Manas M. Tonapi, Isuru S. Godage, and Ian D. 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Tonapi, Isuru. S. Godage, and Ian D. 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Godage, Ian D. Walker (2014). <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Next Generation Rope-like Robot for In-Space Inspection<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, 2014, pp. 1-13. In <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE Aerospace Conference (IAC).<\/span><\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Emanuele Guglielmino, Isuru S. Godage, Letizia Zullo, Darwin G. 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In <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Tianjiang Zheng, Isuru S Godage, David T Branson et al. 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In <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Isuru S. Godage (2013). Modelling and Experimentation of Continuum Arms for Manipulation and Locomotion, PhD Thesis.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft Continuum Manipulator Research Modal Kinematics One of the most impressive examples in nature of dexterous behavior is the octopus. Its arms are flexible over their entire length, can bend in all directions, vary stiffness, grasp objects using whole-arm manipulation, and apply high forces with respect to its relatively light weight. 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