The invention relates to a rigidity variable
robot towards a minimally
invasive surgery and a working method. The rigidity variable
robot comprises a mechanical arm, wherein a front end is connected with a mechanical arm support fixed on a bottom plate, the mechanical arm comprises a flexible
pipe, multiple joints and multiple groups of
rope yarns, the neighboring joints are spherical surface contact, the flexible
pipe passes through all of the joints, the
rope yarns pass through all of the joints, and the
rope yarns are uniformly distributed along a circumference concentrically installed withthe joints, two rope yarns in one group are arranged at two ends of a
diameter of the circumference, an end part of one end of the rope
yarn is fixedly connected with the joint at a
tail end of the mechanical arm, and the other end passes through the mechanical arm support; a bending mechanism, wherein the bending mechanism comprises multiple rotatable turntables installed on the bottom plate, two rope yarns in one group are fixedly connected with the same turntable after passing through the mechanical arm support, the turntable is rotated so that one rope
yarn can be retracted and the otherrope
yarn can be released at the same time; and a
rigid rod, wherein the
rigid rod can be stretched into or stretched out of the flexible
pipe, so rigidity of the mechanical arm is changed. The robotis capable of providing rigid support to the mechanical arm, and avoiding a
human body from being injured.