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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus, Ansan-si, KR;
Byung-Ju Yi, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hwantaek Ryu, Ansan-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a flexible mechanism including: a backbone extending in a lengthwise direction thereof; a first steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a first direction along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to an end effector; and a second steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a second direction, which is different from the first direction, along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to the end effector.