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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Monopropellant Powered Actuators for use in Autonomous Human-Scaled Robotics
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
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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A forearm actuation unit for an upper extremity prosthesis
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...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
169views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
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A Gas-Actuated Anthropomorphic Transhumeral Prosthesis
— 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...
IROS
2006
IEEE
138views Robotics» more  IROS 2006»
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Power Electronics Design Choice for Piezoelectric Microrobots
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...
IROS
2008
IEEE
170views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
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RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot
— 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...
Aaron M. Hoover, Erik Steltz, Ronald S. Fearing