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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Nobuhiko Hata, Newton, MA (US);
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Kiyoshi Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kose, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Hata, Newton, MA (US);
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Kiyoshi Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kose, Tokyo, JP;
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible manipulator including a plurality of bendable mechanisms via a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a drive-mode selecting unit allows for the selection of a movement mode which may provide a bending movement, an angled view movement, or a remote center movement.