Apparatus for determining a spatial path of a flexible or semi-rigid elongated body

Apparatus for determining a spatial path of a flexible or semi-rigid elongated body

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus with a flexible or semi-rigid elongated body and a plurality of sensor devices. The plurality of sensor devices are arranged at or in the flexible or semi-rigid elongated body in a manner distributed along a longitudinal direction of the flex...

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Hauptverfasser: JAHN, JASPER, MUENZENMAYER, CHRISTIAN, BERGEN, TOBIAS, ARZT, CHRISTIAN, WITTENBERG, THOMAS, BORONAT, JAVIER GUTIERREZ, WINTER, CHRISTIAN, RULSCH, MARTIN
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus with a flexible or semi-rigid elongated body and a plurality of sensor devices. The plurality of sensor devices are arranged at or in the flexible or semi-rigid elongated body in a manner distributed along a longitudinal direction of the flexible or semi-rigid elongated body. Each sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices is configured to provide information on a local orientation, position and/or curvature of the flexible or semi-rigid elongated body.