Research on Kinematics Simulation of Continuum Robot Based on ADAMS

Abstract

As a prevalent biological inspired robot, continuum robots has good bending performance and excellent flexibility. In this paper, a continuum robot is designed, then the kinematic model is established to analyze the motion characteristics of the robot. Secondly, the simulation model of the continuum robot is conducted in ADAMS to verify the feasibility of the established kinematic model and to simulate its bending ability. At the same time, it also showed that ADAMS software had value in building a flexible body model.