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                                                    Figure 5.7
                 Tendon-actuated prototype V-MOJO device (top: when straight, bottom: when fully bent with
                                                   drilling wire).












                                                    Figure 5.8
                 Tendon-actuated prototype V-MOJO forces diagram (brown upwards arrow with tip leftwards:
                  device bending direction, solid black circle at the bottom valley: pivot, red rightwards arrow:
                      drilling wire straightening force, green leftwards arrow: tensile force from tendons).










                                                    Figure 5.9
                Tendon-actuated prototype V-MOJO moment diagram (brown upwards arrow with tip leftwards:
                device bending direction, solid black circle at the bottom line: pivot, red rightwards arrow: drilling
                         wire straightening force, green leftwards arrow: tensile force from tendons).
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