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(a) Photograph of our wrist integrated directly into the inner-most tube of a concentric tube robot, with an inset showing a closer view of the wrist and surgical curette attached to the wrist. The diameter of the wrist is 1.16 mm. (b) Here, an endoscope view shows the concentric tube robot with integrated wrist being used to remove a gelatin tumor from a skull base phantom model.
