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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidekazu Kose, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/10 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/104 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0216 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a plurality of tools that are different are inserted into and extracted from a tool channel after a bending portion of a continuum robot has been inserted to an inside of a test body, a control device acquires, for each of the plurality of tools, a maximum value of bending angle at which the tool is capable of passing through a tool channel, sets a smallest of a plurality of the acquired maximum values of bending angle as a maximum bending angle, and controls a driving unit so that the bending portion bends within a range of the set maximum bending angle.