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Chapter 15: Electromechanical characterization of magnetic responsive and
conductive soft polymer actuators ...................................................349
A.W. Gan, Kirthika Senthil Kumar, Lei Zhang, Jianyong Ouyang and
Hongliang Ren
15.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 349
15.2 Experimental setup .......................................................................................... 350
15.3 Results and discussion ..................................................................................... 352
15.4 Conclusion....................................................................................................... 360
References ................................................................................................................. 360
Chapter 16: Robotic transluminal Pan-and-Tilt Scope .........................................363
Wong Wei Min, Lau Jin Yue, Yeo Xi Shun Edward, Wong Jia Ying,
Chwee Ming Lim and Hongliang Ren
16.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 363
16.2 Device design .................................................................................................. 366
16.3 Design verification........................................................................................... 374
16.4 Benchmarking with needs-metrics matrix ........................................................ 376
16.5 Detailed analysis of relevant patents................................................................ 378
16.6 Design review.................................................................................................. 384
16.7 Conclusion and future developments................................................................ 386
Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................... 387
References ................................................................................................................. 387
Chapter 17: Single-port multichannel multi-degree-of-freedom robot with variable
stiffness for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery .............389
Changsheng Li, Xiao Xiao, Xiaoyi Gu, Feng Jie, Shanmugam Sangeetha,
Toon Zhu Wei Joelle, Trevor Tan Wei Kiat and Hongliang Ren
17.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 389
17.2 Robotic endoscopy system............................................................................... 391
17.3 Experiment and results..................................................................................... 397
17.4 Conclusion and discussion ............................................................................... 397
Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................... 398
References ................................................................................................................. 398
