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The load bearing capacity of railway masonry arch bridges [PDF]
, 2018 This paper deals with the way of calculating the load-bearing capacity of masonry arch railway bridges. It reviews the basic aspects of structural behaviour of these bridges, such as material non-linearity of masonry and interaction with the soil ...
Vokál, Marek, Drahorád, Michal
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury. Methods Participants with a history of
Kevin Kennedy +9 more
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Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019 The design of variable stiffness mechanism is of great importance to wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulators. In this article, the authors propose a cable-driven parallel–series hybrid joint toward wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulators with adjusting ...
Shan Zhang +5 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Laparoscopic surgery is a representative operative method of minimally invasive surgery. However, most laparoscopic hand instruments consist of rigid and straight structures, which have serious limitations such as interference by the instruments and ...
Sousaku Kitano +5 more
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Performance Optimization for Bionic Robotic Dolphin with Active Variable Stiffness Control
Biomimetics, 2023 Aquatic animals such as fish and cetaceans can actively modulate their body stiffness with muscle to achieve excellent swimming performance under different situations.
Di Chen +5 more
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Impedence Control for Variable Stiffness Mechanisms with Nonlinear Joint Coupling [PDF]
, 2008 The current discussion on physical human robot interaction and the related safety aspects, but also the interest of neuro-scientists to validate their hypotheses on human motor skills with bio-mimetic robots, led to a recent revival of tendondriven ...
Albu-Schäffer, Alin +4 more
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Human Like Adaptation of Force and Impedance in Stable and Unstable Tasks [PDF]
, 2011 —This paper presents a novel human-like learning con-troller to interact with unknown environments. Strictly derived from the minimization of instability, motion error, and effort, the controller compensates for the disturbance in the environment in ...
Albu-Schaeffer, A +5 more
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Impedance control for variable stiffness mechanisms with nonlinear joint coupling [PDF]
2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008 The current discussion on physical human robot interaction and the related safety aspects, but also the interest of neuro-scientists to validate their hypotheses on human motor skills with bio-mimetic robots, led to a recent revival of tendon-driven robots.
Wimböck, Thomas +4 more
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Design, modeling, and control of a variable stiffness elbow joint
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2022 AbstractNew technological advances are changing the way robotics are designed for safe and dependable physical human–robot interaction and human-like prosthesis. Outstanding examples are the adoption of soft covers, compliant transmission elements, and motion control laws that allow compliant behavior in the event of collisions while preserving ...
M. Baggetta +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We aimed to validate the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System (PAUSS) for upper extremity joints in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods Children with JIA were evaluated for elbow, wrist, or finger arthritis by clinical examination (CE) and musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) with images scored according to the ...
Patricia Vega‐Fernandez +12 more
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