Continuum Robots for Manipulation Applications: A Survey

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Electrical motors</td><td class="align_center">Application robots (examples)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Direct current motors</td><td class="align_center">Tendril robot, hyperflexible/dexterous manipulator [<a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B161" target="_blank">161</a>, <a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B165" target="_blank">165</a>, <a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B169" target="_blank">169</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Servo electric motors</td><td class="align_center">Braided octopus arm, silicone arm robot, multidisc robot [<a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B72" target="_blank">72</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stepper electric motors</td><td class="align_center">Multidisc tentacle arm [<a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B87" target="_blank">87</a>, <a href="/journals/jr/2020/4187048/#B222" target="_blank">222</a>]</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Electric motors as force actuators.</div>

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Table 7: Continuum Robots for Manipulation Applications: A Survey 