arxivcs.RO2026-07-21
Eversion-based robots can enable safe access,steering and endoscopic imaging within the spinal subarachnoid space
Zicong Wu, Panagiotis Kalozoumis, S. M. Hadi Sadati, Aminul I. Ahmed, Jonathan Shapey, Christian Baker, et al.
Safe navigation within the spinal subarachnoid space is constrained by its narrow, compliant, and delicate anatomy. Conventional catheters and continuum robots rely on proximal pushing, generating friction and shear along the tissue device interface that limit distal controllabil…