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SMARCOS: Off-the-Shelf Smart Compliant Actuators for Human–Robot Applications

Actuators, 2021
With the growing popularity of Human–Robot Interactions, a series of robotic assistive devices have been created over the last decades. However, due to the lack of easily integrable resources, the development of these custom made devices turns out to be ...
Vincent Ducastel, Kevin Langlois, Marco Rossini, Victor Grosu, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Tom Verstraten, Joost Geeroms   +7 more
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Investigating the Potential of Flexible Links for Increased Payload to Mass Ratios for Collaborative Robotics

IEEE Access, 2023
One of the main restrictions of commercial cobots can be found in their limited payload to mass ratios. Flexible link manipulators seem to offer interesting advantages over traditional rigid robotics, in terms of lower self-weight, lower energy ...
Greet Van De Perre, Thierry Hubert, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght   +3 more
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Development of an Active Physical Interface for Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Investigation of Soft Pneumatic Actuator Straps for Automatic Enclosure System

Actuators, 2023
Wearable robots have become increasingly prevalent in various applications, including rehabilitation, power augmentation, and assistance. However, one of the challenges in designing wearable robots is how to attach them to the human body.
Christopher van Vlerken, Felipe Ballen-Moreno, Ellen Roels, Pasquale Ferrentino, Kevin Langlois, Bram Vanderborght, Tom Verstraten   +6 more
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Integration of 3D Printed Flexible Pressure Sensors into Physical Interfaces for Wearable Robots

Sensors, 2021
Sensing pressure at the physical interface between the robot and the human has important implications for wearable robots. On the one hand, monitoring pressure distribution can give valuable benefits on the aspects of comfortability and safety of such ...
Kevin Langlois, Ellen Roels, Gabriël Van De Velde, Cláudia Espadinha, Christopher Van Vlerken, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber   +7 more
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Multibody multipole methods [PDF]

Journal of Computational Physics, 2012
A three-body potential function can account for interactions among triples of particles which are uncaptured by pairwise interaction functions such as Coulombic or Lennard-Jones potentials. Likewise, a multibody potential of order $n$ can account for interactions among $n$-tuples of particles uncaptured by interaction functions of lower orders. To date,
Dongryeol Lee, Arkadas Ozakin, Alexander G. Gray   +2 more
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Improved Motion Classification With an Integrated Multimodal Exoskeleton Interface

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021
Human motion intention detection is an essential part of the control of upper-body exoskeletons. While surface electromyography (sEMG)-based systems may be able to provide anticipatory control, they typically require exact placement of the electrodes on ...
Kevin Langlois, Kevin Langlois, Joost Geeroms, Joost Geeroms, Gabriel Van De Velde, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, Tom Verstraten, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Dirk Lefeber   +12 more
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Compact Gearboxes for Modern Robotics: A Review

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020
On the eve of Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI) becoming customary in our lives, the performance of HRI robotic devices remains strongly conditioned by their gearboxes.
Pablo López García, Pablo López García, Stein Crispel, Stein Crispel, Elias Saerens, Elias Saerens, Tom Verstraten, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Dirk Lefeber   +9 more
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Novel SPECTA Actuator to Improve Energy Recuperation and Efficiency

Actuators, 2022
The current state of the art in compliant actuation has already good performance, but this is still insufficient to provide a decent autonomy for the next generation of robots. In this paper, a next step is taken to improve the efficiency of actuators by
Elias Saerens, Raphaël Guy Furnémont, Julie Legrand, Stein Crispel, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber   +7 more
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A Chattering-Suppression Sliding Mode Controller for an Underwater Manipulator Using Time Delay Estimation

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Underwater manipulators are pivotal in diverse applications, encompassing underwater pipeline repairs, salvage operations, and scientific sampling missions.
Minghao Liu, Qirong Tang, Yinghao Li, Changhui Liu, Min Yu   +4 more
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Design and Coverage Path Planning of a Disinfection Robot

Actuators, 2023
Eliminating pathogen exposure is an important approach to control outbreaks of epidemics such as COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). To deal with pathogenic environments, using disinfection robots is a practicable choice.
Pengjie Xu, Xinyi Chen, Qirong Tang
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