Environmental-Interaction Robotic Systems: Compliant Actuation Approach

Many successful designs of compliant actuators have been recently proposed. However, the challenge of providing passive and active motion in one actuator has remained. In this paper, a novel mechanism for changing the stiffness of the series elastic actuator over a wide range is presented. An accura...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qiong Wu, Reza Ghorbani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/environmental-interaction_robotic_systems__compliant_actuation_approach