A review on Snake-like Continuum Robots for Medical Surgeries

Abstract

This paper describes the various applications of Continuum robots in the field of medical science. These robots are biologically inspired by trunks and snakes. They possess the ability to transverse into small and restricted spaces, to manipulate objects in difficult environments and move in curved path. Due to this ability they can be extensively used in medical science as precision is very important in this field. Recently, increasing efforts have been made towards different surgical areas. In this paper recent state if structure, modeling and actuation in snake like robot is provided. Recently, increasing efforts have been made in various surgical interventions. In this paper, current state of structure, modelling and actuation in snake like robot is provided.