“…Mechanical structure of hand-held instrument (a) Systematic view of the hybrid tool with tendon-gear and tendon-sheath mechanism, (b) Detail presentation of end-effector 97 <Figure>Fig. 13 49,69,72,172,181,203 <Table>Table 8: Highlight the different approaches for the modelling and control of magnetic actuators with references from 15, 182 <Table>Table 9: Comparisons for all actuators in terms of size, power consumption, force/torque ranges, and scaling possibilities with references from 34,153,1,2,30,37,45,50,72,81,90,93,94,107,132,142,150,172,178,189,190,204 24,212 Entirely appropriate for discrete structures and good approximation for continuous structures 86 Easy to apply and compute 86 Require configuration information for the modelling 86 Represent continuum robot geometry with a finite number of mutually tangent curved segments 24,212 Most well-known kinematic framework for continuum robots 24,212 Complex identification 86 Configuration information is not required 86 High accuracy and noise reduction 86 Able deal with disturbances and uncertainties due to the use of adaptive control …”