Abstract:<p>This study provides a novel mechanical design and a control law for tendon-driven flexible manipulator based on the anatomy of an ostrich neck.</p>
<p>We carried out a dissection of ostrich neck which clarified muscle attachment site and cross-sectional views of the neck.</p>
<p>We proposed a novel wire arrangement and control method, that performs the same movement as the ostrich's neck by integrating our findings from the dissection with previous studies on bird's necks.</… Show more
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