5 accepted papers
Artificial muscles for soft robots and human-interactive machines must deliver high force, fast dynamics, and large stroke (tens of percent strain) while remaining mechanically compliant. Sliding electrostatic film actuators enable compact multilayer integration without lateral expansion and provide…
Integrating sensors into soft links with complex geometries without compromising their flexibility, precision, or structural integrity remains one of the main challenges in soft robotics. This article presents the design, fabrication, and electromechanical evaluation of a 3D-printed flexible strain
Physical Human-Robot Interaction(pHRI) re-quires taking safety into account from the design board to the collaborative operation of any robot. For collaborative robotic environments, where human and machine are sharing space and interacting physically, the analysis and quantification of impacts beco…
Soft links and actuators are nowadays emerging technologies aiming to overcome some problems in robotics such as weight, cost or human interaction. However, the nonlinear nature of their elements can make their characterization challenging and hinder the use of standard control engineering tools. In…
This paper presents a novel method for the control of the elbow joint of the humanoid robot TEO, based on a fractional order PD controller. Due to the graphical nature of the proposed method, a few basic operations are enough to tune the controller, offering very competitive results compared to clas…