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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Keri Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chul Kang, Seoul, KR;
Soojun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Woosub Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sangmyung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Suhyeon Gim, Yongin-si, KR;
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A tube insertion device which inserts a tube into a line path to perform an operation has an elongated hollow tube, an end effector connected to a front end of the tube such that the direction of the end effector is changed with respect to the tube, a plurality of wires connected to the end effector and extended into the tube and a tension controller controlling tensions of the plurality of wires. The tension controller controls tensions of a pair of wires facing each other in the opposite directions, in order to change the direction of the end effector.