A Human-Like Robot Hand and Arm with Fluidic Muscles: Biologically Inspired Construction and Functionality

Humanoid robots are fascinating from two points of view, firstly their construction and secondly because they lend life to inanimate objects. The combination of biology and robots leads to smoother and compliant movement which is more pleasant for us as people. Biologically inspired robots embody non-rigid movement which are made possible by special joints or actuators which give way and can both actively and passively adapt stiffness in different situations. The following paper deals with the construction of a compliant embodiment of a humanoid robot arm, including a five-finger hand with artificial fluidic muscles. The biologically inspired decentralized control architecture allows small units to be responsible for each main movement task. The first sec

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: DAGSTUHL
• Authors: Ivo Boblan, Rudolf Bannasch, Hartmut Schwenk, Frank Prietzel, Lars Miertsch, Andreas Schulz
• Keywords: Compliant Movement, DAGSTUHL 2003, DAGSTUHL 2007, Humanoid Robot, Inspired Robots Embody