– In this paper, we evaluate the performance of two candidate formulations for distributed motion planning of robot collectives within an Artificial Potential Field (APF) framewo...
Abstract— Miniaturization of Programmable Matter is a major challenge. Much of the difficulty stems from size and power requirements of internal actuators. This paper demonstrat...
—This paper reports the design and development processes of a totally decoupled flexure-based XYZ parallel-kinematics micropositioning stage with piezoelectric actuation. The un...
Twice (Tilting device with WIde Capacity) a new amplification device able to double the tilting angle of a parallel mechanism is presented. A singularity analysis is carried out: ...
-- This paper presents the theoretical analysis and the experimental validation of the force sensing capabilities of continuum robots. These robots employ super-elastic NiTi backbo...