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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A system that includes a highly articulated robotic probe having a first mechanism comprising a plurality of first links, and a second mechanism comprising a plurality of second links. The second mechanism is configured to surround at least a portion of the first mechanism. The system includes a feeder mechanism configured to advance and retract the highly articulated robotic probe, and a computing device in communication with the feeder mechanism. The computing device is configured to receive two-axis data from an input device, translate the two-axis position data into three-axis coordinate system data, and adjust a position of one or more second mechanism motors based on the three-axis coordinate system data.