One application for shape sensing technology is for surgical robotics. An example: https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/products-and-services/ion/shape-sensing https

One application for shape sensing technology is for surgical robotics. An example: https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/products-and-services/ion/shape-sensing https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/products-and-services/ion/sh... Relevant patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240044638A1/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240044638A1/ The first time I saw one of these in person I was in awe. You could take a normal looking cable (think bicycle cable sleeve) and bend it and see in real time the same shape on the display.