Patent ID: 11897129
Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A method of adjustably controlling a pose of a bendably articulatable body, the method comprising:
controllably adjusting a bending movement of the bendably articulatable body through direct actuation by adjustably applying a bending force to the bendably articulatable body;
controllably adjust the bending movement of the bendably articulatable body through indirect actuation by controllably adjusting a flexural rigidity of the bendably articulatable body, and
wherein the bendably articulatable body includes a hollow tube and an equilibrium modulating wire slidably positioned inside the hollow tube, and
wherein controllably adjusting the flexural rigidity of the bendably articulatable body includes controllably adjusting a linear position of the equilibrium modulating wire relative to the hollow tube.