In the field of robotics the energy spent for actuation is always an issue. It is often the case that some desired motions cannot be achieved by the robot due to limitations in act...
Uwe Mettin, Pedro X. La Hera, Leonid B. Freidovich...
— The ballbot is a dynamically stable mobile robot that moves on a single spherical wheel and is capable of omnidirectional movement. The ballbot is an underactuated system with ...
Umashankar Nagarajan, George Kantor, Ralph L. Holl...
— This paper presents an underactuated artificial hand intended for functional replacement of the natural hand in upper limb amputees. The natural hand has three basic functiona...
Maria Chiara Carrozza, Fabrizio Vecchi, F. Sebasti...
: The single wheel, gyroscopically stabilized robot - Gyrover, is a dynamically stable but statically unstable, underactuated system. In this paper, based on the dynamic model of t...