This paper addresses the problem of reducing the hysteresis found in the actuation of most smart materials. They are divided in two groups: systems with no saturation (e.g. piezoe...
This paper presents a liquid-fuel powered pneumatic actuator appropriate for human-scale autonomous robotics. The motivation for this work is the development of a lightweight actu...
Michael A. Gogola, Eric J. Barth, Michael Goldfarb
This paper presents computationally and physically augmented desktop objects - “Things that hover” - that is capable of moving autonomously on desktop, and discusses about tec...
Most robot designers make the mechanical interface between an actuator and its load as stiff as possible[9][10]. This makes sense in traditional position-controlled systems, becau...
Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson, Peter Dilwor...
For complex robotic tasks (manipulation, locomotion, haptics, ...), the lack of knowledge of precise interaction models, the difficulties to precisely measure the task associated ...
Michel Lauria, Marc-Antoine Legault, Marc-Andr&eac...