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They have been widely employed to inspect, maintain, or repair industrial machines such as gas turbine engines and oil pipes. However, their performances are usually limited by the low tip stiffness and the stiffness usually decreases with the increase of cable pulling forces. This paper aims to address the above problems by presenting a tip stiffness improved CCR formed by compliant anti-buckling universal joints (ACCR). The normalized nonlinear spatial models of the one-segment CCR and three-segment CCR are proposed and comprehensively verified using commercial nonlinear finite element analysis software. Given cable forces, prescribed cable displacements, tip loads, and gravity, the motion of any points on the CCRs can be analytically obtained. The performance characteristics of the one-segment CCRs and three-segment CCRs are extensively studied under different loading conditions, including the maximum CCR deformation, tip-location accuracy, shape dexterity, and tip stiffness. 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