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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit that controls the motion of a continuum robot including a bendable unit having a plurality of bending sections, defines a predetermined position on a wire guide located most distal from a base in the second bending section, which is a follower bending section, as an origin, sets reference axes for a direction in which the wire guide is facing, and causes a drive unit in the base to drive a wire of the third bending section so that the third bending section, which is a distal bending section, is bent on the basis of a relative coordinate system in which the origin and the reference axes relating to the wire guide vary in accordance with the movement of the continuum robot.