Title:
CONTINUUM ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/153167
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This continuum robot comprises a base unit, a drive portion comprising a plurality of drive sources provided in the base unit, a plurality of thread-like members connected to the drive portion, and a curved portion which curves as a result of the plurality of thread-like members being driven by the drive portion, characterized in that: first end portions in an extending direction of the thread-like members are connected to the curved portion; second end portions on the opposite side to the first end portions in the extending direction are connected to the drive portion; the curved portion comprises a first curved portion and a second curved portion; the first curved portion is disposed further toward the distal side of the base unit than the second curved portion; and the number of thread-like members connected to the first curved portion is different from the number of thread-like members connected to the second curved portion.
Inventors:
IWASAWA RYO (JP)
NIIKAWA YUSUKE (JP)
MATSUOKA ISAO (JP)
NIIKAWA YUSUKE (JP)
MATSUOKA ISAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/001644
Publication Date:
August 17, 2023
Filing Date:
January 20, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON KK (JP)
International Classes:
B25J17/00; A61B1/00; A61B1/01; A61B34/30; G02B23/24
Foreign References:
| JP2022025355A | 2022-02-10 | |||
| US20180055589A1 | 2018-03-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ABE Takuma et al. (JP)
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