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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Compliant Actuators"”.
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On Designing Compliant Actuators Based On Dielectric Elastomers
… mechatronic devices, in particular linear actuators, which are more integrated, lightweight, economic, silent, resilient and disposable than equivalent devices based on traditional technologies. Such systems may have a huge impact in applications where the traditional technology does not …
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Sensitive manipulation
… tactile sensors. The robot's limb was built with compliant actuators, which present low mechanical impedance, to make the interaction between the robot and the environment safer than that of a traditional high-stiffness arm. A new actuator was created to fit in the hand size constraints.
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A high-deformation electric soft robotic gripper via handed shearing auxetics
… a new class of electrically-driven soft robotic actuators built from handed shearing auxetics (HSAs). Soft robots - robots made out of more compliant materials such as rubber and silicone - are significantly more robust and safer than their rigid-bodied counterparts due to their intrinsic …
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Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators with Applications to Soft Robots
… soft robots because many existing soft or compliant actuators exhibit limitations such as fabrication complexity, high power consumption, slow actuation, or low force generation. The applications of TSAs in soft robots have hitherto been limited, mainly for two reasons. Firstly, the …
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Series Elasticity in Linearly Actuated Humanoids
… advantages is compliance, yet there are very few compliant humanoids that have demonstrated successful walking. The work presented in this dissertation is based on several years of developing novel actuators for two full-scale linearly actuated compliant humanoid robots, SAFFiR and THOR. Both are …
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Soft pneumatic devices for blood circulation improvement
… and wellness in general. The choice of the actuators, as well as the pneumatic circuits and air distribution system and PLC control patterns will be outlined. The trial run of the devices have been field--‐tested as soon a prototype was ready, so as to tune its features step--‐by--‐ step. I …