The authors introduce the slide motion scheme, which provides smooth movement of the endoscope stem with only three continuously controlled degrees of freedom. Such movement is accomplished by implementing a series of relative motions between an outer tube and intermittently stiff spines insides. The strength and stability of the locking mechanism, which exhibits the property of intermittent stiffness, is also discussed.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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