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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Robot. 2015 Jan 23;31(1):67–84. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2014.2378431

TABLE III.

Parameters of robot design examples.

Base location [mm] [0, 0, 0]T
Entry vector [0, 0, 1]T
Section stiffness ratio D = 10

Design 1 – Stable
Section 1/ki [mm] Φi [mm] Li [mm]
proximal 60 40 40
distal 25 20 60

Design 2 – Unstable
Section 1/ki [mm] Φi [mm] Li [mm]
proximal 40 40 40
distal 10 20 60