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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
A Pneumatic Manipulator used in Direct Contact with an Operator
— Repetitive manual handling of heavy loads is common in assembly and is a frequent cause of lower back disorders. This can have a significant impact on the quality of life and ...
Michaël Van Damme, Frank Daerden, Dirk Lefebe...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Experiments with the TER Tele-echography Robot
This paper presents a master-slave system applied to the remote diagnosis from echographic data. The motion of the master manipulator is remotely controlled by a physician and repr...
Adriana Vilchis Gonzales, Jocelyne Troccaz, Philip...
IJRR
2006
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13 years 4 months ago
Braid Effects on Contractile Range and Friction Modeling in Pneumatic Muscle Actuators
Within braided pneumatic Muscle Actuators (pMA) the braid structure is vital to the actuator's performance, preventing over-inflation, converting radial expansion into axial ...
Steve Davis, Darwin G. Caldwell
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Tactile Sensing of Edge Direction of an Object with a Soft Fingertip Contact
— We propose a new method of tactile sensing for a fingertip of robotic hand. Using a simple fingertip with soft surface cover and a six-axis force/torque sensor, developed is ...
Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
A hybrid actuation approach for human-friendly robot design
Abstract— Safety is a critical characteristic for robots designed to operate in human environments. This paper presents the concept of hybrid actuation for the development of hum...
Dongjun Shin, Irene Sardellitti, Oussama Khatib