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The present paper describes a pneumatically-driven forceps manipulator for minimally-invasive robot surgery that has a simplified flexible wrist joint for easy fabrication, cost reduction and future miniaturization. The joint structure consists only of a machined spring, and four NiTi super-elastic wires fixed to the joint-end are actuated by pneumatic cylinders in push-pull motions. This mechanism...
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