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ArticleProceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems2023

Hybrid Tendon and Ball Chain Continuum Robots for Enhanced Dexterity in Medical Interventions.

Giovanni Pittiglio, Margherita Mencattelli, Abdulhamit Donder, Yash Chitalia, Pierre E Dupont

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Article in Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Few-Shot Magnet Localization Using Sim-to-Real Transfer Learning.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2025
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  2. Magnetic Ball Chain Robots for Cardiac Arrhythmia Treatment.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Giovanni PittiglioDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Margherita MencattelliDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Abdulhamit DonderDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yash ChitaliaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
Pierre E DupontDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Funding

Cardioscopically-guided Valve Repair in the Beating HeartR01HL124020 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Pierre E Dupont · 2014 to 2026
$9.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL124020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hybrid continuum robot design is introduced that combines a proximal tendon-actuated section with a distal telescoping section comprised of permanent-magnet spheres actuated using an external magnet. While, individually, each section can approach a point in its workspace from one or at most several orientations, the two-section combination possesses a dexterous workspace. The paper describes kinematic modeling of the hybrid design and provides a description of the dexterous workspace. We present experimental validation which shows that a simplified kinematic model produces tip position mean and maximum errors of 3% and 7% of total robot length, respectively.

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Continuum robotsFlexible RoboticsMagnetic ActuationMedical Robots and SystemsSteerable Catheters

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PMID38352692
PMCPMC10862390

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