4 accepted papers
Powered knee prostheses promise to improve the mobility of transfemoral amputees by imitating the biomechanics of the missing knee joint. Unfortunately, the heavy weight and short battery life severely limit the application of powered prostheses. Here, we present a lightweight powered knee prosthesi
In this letter, a novel tendon-driven actuator is presented for anthropomimetic robots, mimicking the functionality of a spindle muscle. This actuator can contract and relax, and its tension output can be measured and controlled. The proposed actuator features an innovative space-saving co-axial win
Tuning body stiffness like fish to improve swimming efficiency and speed has been adopted by many fish-inspired robotics. However, it is unknown whether the energy saved from improved efficiency can compensate for the energy consumption brought by tuning stiffness itself. To explore this issue, we d
A hybrid knee prosthesis is proposed in this letter, which consists of a polycentric structure in passive mode for low-torque activities and a single-axis structure in active mode for high-torque activities. A novel mode transition mechanism controls self-holding electromagnets for switching modes b