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Coupling between the Output Force and Stiffness in Different Variable Stiffness Actuators
Actuators, 2014 The fundamental objective in developing variable stiffness actuators is to enable the actuator to deliberately tune its stiffness. This is done through controlling the energy flow extracted from internal power units, i.e., the motors of a variable ...
Amir Jafari
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Constraint-based equilibrium and stiffness control of variable stiffness actuators [PDF]
2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011 Considerable research effort has gone into the design of variable passive stiffness actuators (VSAs). A number of different mechanical designs have been proposed, aimed at either a biomorphic (i.e., antagonistic) design, compactness, or simplified modelling and control.
Matthew Howard 0001 +2 more
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Mechanical Simplification of Variable-Stiffness Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomer Transducers
Actuators, 2019 Legged and gait-assistance robots can walk more efficiently if their actuators are compliant. The adjustable compliance of variable-stiffness actuators (VSAs) can enhance this benefit. However, this functionality requires additional mechanical components
David P. Allen +4 more
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Actuators, 2023 To improve collision safety in robot–human collaborative applications, increasing attention has been paid to rotational variable stiffness actuators. A new rotational variable stiffness actuator, which works in two stages, is proposed for hybrid passive ...
Caidong Wang +5 more
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Adaptive Neural Network Control of Serial Variable Stiffness Actuators [PDF]
Complexity, 2017 This paper focuses on modeling and control of a class of serial variable stiffness actuators (SVSAs) based on level mechanisms for robotic applications. A multi-input multi-output complex nonlinear dynamic model is derived to fully describe SVSAs and the
Zhao Guo +4 more
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Energy Efficient Actuation with Variable Stiffness Actuators [PDF]
, 2010 Research effort in the field of variable stiffness actuators is steadily increasing, due to their wide range of possible applications and their advantages. In literature, var- ious control methods have been proposed, solving particular problems in human-robot and robot-environment interaction applications, in which the mechanical compliance introduced ...
Visser, L.C. +2 more
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Variable stiffness actuators : modeling, control, and application to compliant bipedal walking [PDF]
, 2013 Robots are traditionally used in factory environments, where they perform tasks with high precision and speed. This kind of robots is designed to have a high mechanical stiffness and with powerful motors, so that the required precision and speed can be achieved.
Visser, Ludo C., Visser, L.C.
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Variable stiffness actuators: The user’s point of view [PDF]
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2015 Since their introduction in the early years of this century, variable stiffness actuators (VSA) witnessed a sustained growth of interest in the research community, as shown by the growing number of publications. While many consider VSA very interesting for applications, one of the factors hindering their further diffusion is the relatively new ...
Giorgio Grioli +16 more
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Dynamic Modeling and Control of Antagonistic Variable Stiffness Joint Actuator
Actuators, 2021 This study aims to develop a novel decoupling method for the independent control of the position and stiffness of a variable stiffness joint actuator (VSJA), which has been proven to be able to vary its stiffness in a larger range than other variable ...
Ming Zhang +6 more
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Online Reconfiguration of a Variable-Stiffness Actuator [PDF]
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2018 This paper presents an algorithm to adjust the configuration of a variable-stiffness actuator to reduce its electrical energy requirements during the execution of repetitive tasks. The algorithm is based on the gradient descent optimization method with a modification of the adaptation step size, a forgetting term, and a projection rule to cope with the
Rene Jimenez-Fabian +4 more
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