Improved Morphable Beam Device for Equipping Camera at Beam End

Abstract

To conduct remote inspection missions, the authors has proposed Morphable Beam Device (MBD) and developed an experimental device using a bendable beam without any articulated joints. In the device, a beam is deployed, enabling a wide range of shapes and lengths. In this paper, a prototype of an MBD is introduced and a beam shaping theory for two beam shaping mechanisms of slide and rotation types is discussed and verified with experiments.