2 papers
cs.RO2026
Do Rigid-Body Simulators Dream of Soft Robots? Learning Contact-Rich Manipulation for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots
Chengnan Shentu, Nicholas Baldassini, Tongjia Zheng +2
Learning contact-rich, whole-body manipulation for soft continuum robots is held back by the lack of simulation infrastructure that has accelerated rigid-robot manipulation. Existi…
cs.RO2026
Sampling-Based Follow-the-Leader Motion Planning for Manipulator-Mounted Continuum Robots
Chengnan Shentu, Nicholas Baldassini, Oluwagbotemi D. Iseoluwa +2
Follow-the-leader (FTL) motion exploits the unique morphology of continuum robots (CRs) to navigate confined spaces by having the body retrace the path of the tip. While extensivel…