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
Abstract— This paper presents the design of a 14 degree-ofmotion forearm actuation unit for an upper extremity prosthesis. The forearm utilizes pneumatic type actuators which use...
Thomas J. Withrow, Xiangrong Shen, Jason E. Mitche...
— This paper presents the design of an anthropomorphic 21 degree-of-freedom, 9 degree-of-actuation arm prosthesis for use by transhumeral amputees. The design leverages the power...
Kevin Fite, Thomas J. Withrow, Keith W. Wait, Mich...
Abstract— Piezoelectric actuators are advantageous for microrobots due to their light weight, high bandwidth, high force production, low power consumption, and simplicity of inte...
Erik Steltz, M. Seeman, Srinath Avadhanula, Ronald...
— This work presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel hexapedal walking millirobot using only two actuators. Fabricated from S2-Glass reinforced composites and fl...