Hong Fai Lau — accepted AI-conference papers

2020

Vitruvio: An Open-Source Leg Design Optimization Toolbox for Walking Robots

Michael Chadwick, Hendrik Kolvenbach, Fabio Dubois, Hong Fai Lau, Marco Hutter

RA-L 2020

We present an open-source framework for developing optimal leg designs for walking robots. The leg design parameters (e.g., link lengths, transmission ratios, and spring parameters) are optimized for a user-defined metric such as the minimization of energy consumption or actuator peak torque, enabli

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2018

Stiffness Modulator: A Novel Actuator for Human Augmentation

Hong Fai Lau, Amanda Sutrisno, Tze Hao Chong, David J. Braun

ICRA 2018poster

Stiffness modulators are devices that promote a novel means of actuation; they provide stiffness modulation without deliberately doing mechanical work. These type of compliant actuators may be used for human augmentation to complement co-contracted antagonistic muscles and as such reduce muscle acti…

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