— We present a hydro-elastic actuator that has a linear spring intentionally placed in series between the hydraulic piston and actuator output. The spring strain is measured to g...
Abstract--This paper presents the design of a gas-actuated anthropomorphic arm prosthesis with 21 degrees of freedom and nine independent actuators. The prosthesis utilizes the mon...
Kevin Fite, Thomas J. Withrow, Xiangrong Shen, Kei...
A novel technique for the fabrication of micro electromagnetic actuators was proposed and a prototype was designed and fabricated in this study. The constituent parts of the design...
An analytical and experimental investigation of a jet pipe controlled electropneumatic servoactuator designed for use in the Utah/MIT dextrous hand (UMDH) has been performed. An ac...
— A force control device with high power and high resolution is developed. It consists of a spring and a small force actuator which are connected in parallel between the base pla...