3 accepted papers
Recently, the importance of mechanical transparency in human-assistive robots has grown. Traditionally, its primary goal was minimizing interaction forces during assistance. However, under this conventional definition, mechanical transparency was not considered when an interaction force was required…
Locomotion on the rough and variable ground surfaces is crucial for robots to complete various tasks. Recent advancement in numerical computation allow such locomotive robots to manipulate in real environments using a model-based control framework. This approach is successful if the precise model it…
Conventional hybrid actuators can achieve a better force/torque bandwidth than a single principle actuator without losing back-drivability. However, hybrid actuators occupy space at least equal to the sum of the volumes of two or more actuators and multiple transmissions consisting of timing belts,…