A Multimedia Framework for Continuum Robots: Systematic, Computational, and Control Perspectives

Continuum robots, which often rely on interdisciplinary and multimedia collaborations, have been increasingly recognized for their potential to revolutionize the field of human-robot interaction (HRI) in varied applications due to their adaptive, responsive, and flexible characteristics. Despite their promises, the lack of an integrated framework poses significant challenges for both users and developers, resulting in inefficiency and complexity during preliminary developments. Thus, this paper introduces a unified framework for bionic robotics that addresses these challenges by integrating system architecture, dynamics computation, and control strategy. The proposed method allows for efficient modeling and quick preview of the results in both digital and physical environments, which can enhance the quality of robot developments.