Origami-Layer-Jamming Deployable Surgical Retractor With Variable Stiffness and Tactile Sensing
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DOI: 10.1115/1.4045424
Abstract: Origami-based flexible, compliant, and bio-inspired robots are believed to permit a range of medical applications within confined environments. In this article, we experimentally demonstrated an origami-inspired deployable surgical retractor with the controllable stiffness mechanism that… read more here.
Keywords: retractor; surgical retractor; stiffness; layer jamming ... See more keywords