Continuum Robots for Manipulation Applications: A Survey

Table 1

The robots surveyed herein mapped per their bioinspiration.

Bioinspiration	Reference	Model	Continuum robot (example)
Elephant trunk	[14–31]
Spine of a mammal	[32–55]
Snake	[56–71]
Octopus arm	[72–83]
Tentacle	[84–103], [104–113], [114–131]
Human arm and finger	[132–159]
Biological vine and plant	[160–181]
Tongue and tail of a reptile	[182, 183]