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Alessandro Scalzo

2 accepted papers

2017

A parallel kinematic mechanism for the torso of a humanoid robot: Design, construction and validation

IROS 2017poster

The torso of a humanoid robot is a fundamental part of its kinematic structure because it defines the reachable workspace, supports the entire upper-body and can be used to control the position of the center of mass. The majority of the torso joints are designed exploiting serial or differential mec…

Cited by 13SourceScholar
2017

The design and validation of the R1 personal humanoid

IROS 2017poster

In recent years the robotics field has witnessed an interesting new trend. Several companies started the production of service robots whose aim is to cooperate with humans. The robots developed so far are either rather expensive or unsuitable for manipulation tasks. This article presents the result…

Cited by 50SourceScholar