AUTHOR=Yang Mengxue , An Zhicheng , Lin Zechen , Wang Yuhang , Pang Tongtao , Du Fuxin TITLE=Stiffness evaluation of continuum robots based on the energy method and castigliano’s second theorem JOURNAL=Frontiers in Robotics and AI VOLUME=12 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2025.1523619 DOI=10.3389/frobt.2025.1523619 ISSN=2296-9144