A physics-informed, vision-based method to reconstruct all deformation modes in slender bodies

Seung Hyun Kim,Heng-Sheng Chang,Chia-Hsien Shih,Naveen Kumar Uppalapati,Udit Halder,Girish Krishnan,Prashant G. Mehta,Mattia Gazzola,Seung Hyun Kim,Heng-Sheng Chang,Chia-Hsien Shih,Naveen Kumar Uppalapati,Udit Halder,Girish Krishnan,Prashant G. Mehta,Mattia Gazzola

This paper is concerned with the problem of estimating (interpolating and smoothing) the shape (pose and the six modes of deformation) of a slender flexible body from multiple camera measurements. This problem is important in both biology, where slender, soft, and elastic structures are ubiquitously encountered across species, and in engineering, particularly in the area of soft robotics. The prop...