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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Robotic design"”.
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Mobile robotic design. Robotic colour and accelerometer sensor.
… using numerical integration. The purpose of the design and development of the sensors was to use them for robotic navigation and collision avoidance. This report presents the results of experiments carried out on the colour sensor and the accelerometer. A discussion of the results and some …
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Robotic design construction : digital fabrication strategies for freeform masonry casting and mobile assembly
… materials and novel tools to solve problems in design and construction. However, the application of digital fabrication still needs more flexibility that allows different groups in a society to redesign fabrication processes based on their own needs and values. Looking at robotic facilities and …
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Observing and modelling the legless jumping mechanism of click beetles for bio-inspired robotic design
… provide a framework that will be used for the design of a click beetle inspired self-righting robot.
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An interdisciplinary MIT course : designing robots that interact with the physical world
… to help develop an interdisciplinary course in robotic design at MIT. The course is a comprehensive study of applied robotics that gives students the chance to put their theoretical knowledge to practical use. The course heavily emphasizes hands-on work, and lab work comprises most of the …
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Function Follows Form: An Exploration of Robotic Embodiment through Geometry
Current robot designers often treat a robot’s body as merely a vessel to transport the brain, limiting the potential scope of “embodied intelligence” that is unique to robotics. This cognitivist approach to robot design is in-line with critiques from disability studies, which argues that assuming a …
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Autonomous ground cover clearing utilizing a robotic wheel loader
… locations. To address these challenges a robotic system capable of autonomous clearing of non-compacted material is presented, focusing on detection, clearing strategy and clearing validation. The robotic design is based on an articulating wheel loader, electrically driven with hydraulic …
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Design and control of a spheroidal underwater robot for the inspection of nuclear piping systems
… in the Mechanical Engineering department is designing a compact submersible robot that is capable of precise navigation and maneuvering in order to detect defects within water filled piping systems. The robot is spheroidal with a smooth surface and no external appendages. It propels itself …
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Optimizing the structure and movement of a robotic bat with biological kinematic synergies
In this thesis we present methods to optimize the design and flight characteristics of a biologically-inspired bat-like robot. Recent work has designed the topological structure for the wing kinematics of this robot; here we present methods to optimize the geometry of this structure, and to compute …
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The dynamics and kinematics of bio-in swimming systems
… the aim of rationalizing biology and informing robotic design. We begin by building on existing visualization framework by studying an idealized swimmer: Purcell's three-link swimmer, at low Reynolds number. This framework allows us to illustrate the complete dynamics of the system, design gaits …
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Design of Robots for Unstructured Environments - A Customisable Agile Quadruped, a Sensorised High-Force Gripper, and an Intelligent Drilling End-Effector
… for unstructured environments by providing robotic design case studies. Three novel devices are introduced, with the purpose of advancing agile quadrupedal locomotion, high-force grasping, and robotic power drilling. The first device is Leon, an agile quadruped designed from commercial …
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Strategic learning in design contests
… competitive environment. The study is centred on design contest as repeat event systems that in their time bracketed generational progression, provide for an ideal setting to analyse such learning. Convergence that constrains experimentation to a few elements that define the strategic …
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Passivity-Based Hands Towards General-Purpose Robotic Manipulation
Robotic manipulation in unstructured environments is a significant research challenge, where development contributes significantly to social robotics, industrial robotics and prosthetics. Despite a long history of research into artificial hands and significant development along the way, human-level …
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Optimal Port Placement And Automated Robotic Positioning For Instrumented Laparoscopic Biosensors
… SURGICAL PORT PLACEMENT AND AUTOMATED ROBOTIC POSITIONING FOR RAMAN AND OTHER BIOSENSORS</strong></p> <p>by</p> <p><strong>BRADY KING</strong></p> <p><strong>January 2011 </strong></p> <p>Advisors: Dr. Abhilash Pandya, Dr. Darin Ellis, Dr. Le Yi Wang, and Dr. Greg Auner</p> <p>Major: …
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An Intelligent Pneumatic Muscle Actuated Exoskeleton for Robotic Gait Rehabilitation
… optimal results cannot always be achieved. Robotic technologies were thus introduced to automate the gait rehabilitation trainings, in order to emancipate therapists from physically intensive work as well as making rehabilitation training more accessible to patients Research have shown that …