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Actuators, 2022 With the diversification of robots, modularization of robots has been attracting attention. In our previous study, we developed a robot that mimics the principle of human joint drive using a straight-fiber-type pneumatic rubber artificial muscle ...
Tetsuhito Fujita +5 more
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Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 2020 Aim Maneuvering manual wheelchairs is defined by changes in momentum. The amount of effort required to maneuver a wheelchair is dependent on many factors, some of which reflect the design and configuration of the wheelchair.
Stephen Sprigle and, Morris Huang
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Survey on Main Drive Methods Used in Humanoid Robotic Upper Limbs
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2021 Humanoid robotic upper limbs including the robotic hand and robotic arm are widely studied as the important parts of a humanoid robot. A robotic upper limb with light weight and high output can perform more tasks.
Yiwei Wang +4 more
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Agriculture, 2021 In recent decades, the costs of energy in dairy farming increased mainly due to rising energy prices but also due to increased mechanisation and automatisation. Electric energy in dairy farming is essentially used for milking and milk cooling.
Martin Höhendinger +5 more
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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2006 A new kind of pneumatic climbing robot is presented to meet the requirements of glass-wall cleaning for high-rise buildings, which is totally actuated by pneumatic cylinders and attached to the glass wall with vacuum suckers.
Houxiang Zhang +2 more
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Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2023 Climbing behavior is a superior motion skill that animals have evolved to obtain a more beneficial position in complex natural environments. Compared to animals, current bionic climbing robots are less agile, stable, and energy-efficient.
Bingcheng Wang +7 more
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A hyper-redundant manipulator [PDF]
, 1994 “Hyper-redundant” manipulators have a very large number of actuatable degrees of freedom. The benefits of hyper-redundant robots include the ability to avoid obstacles, increased robustness with respect to mechanical failure, and the ability to perform ...
Burdick, Joel W., Chirikjian, Gregory S.
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Development and Analysis of Key Components of a Multi Motion Mode Soft-Bodied Pipe Robot
Actuators, 2022 In order to enhance the environmental adaptability of peristaltic soft-bodied pipe robots, based on the nonlinear and hyperelastic characteristics of silicone rubber combined with the biological structure and motion characteristics of worms, a hexagonal ...
Ning Wang +4 more
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Dynamic of pneumatic and hydraulic transport technological equipment [PDF]
Transport, 2004 In the article the classification of inpipe robots is presented, their advantages and imperfections are reviewed. The schemes of the construction of the wall press walking inpipe robot with a pneumatic drive and an inpipe robot with a vibratory pneumatic
M. Bogdevičius +4 more
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Robotization of Diagnostics of Railway Automation and Communication Systems
Nauka ta progres transportu, 2023 Purpose. The study is aimed at: gaining new knowledge about the use of electric motors in robotics; evaluation and selection of motors that are appropriate for use in robots that will move along the railway line and accurately determine the location of ...
K. L. Kostenko +2 more
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