Continuum robot, often taking inspiration from biomimetics, is an exciting novel research field and has great capability. The higher stiffness continuum robot may be inspired by the biology, such as seahorse, pipefish...
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(纸本)9781728103785;9781728103778
Continuum robot, often taking inspiration from biomimetics, is an exciting novel research field and has great capability. The higher stiffness continuum robot may be inspired by the biology, such as seahorse, pipefish and pipehorse, which has both strong skeleton and great dexterity. In this paper, we present a novel square continuum robot (SCR), according to the simplified model of those square shape fish, in which both the bending curvature and torsional angle are controllable. The idea is to employ square components to mimic the armor and connected those components with ball pair and soft skin. The bending and twisting capabilities of SCR are explored in both numerical model and prototype, while a comparison has been done to analysis the dexterity difference in different situations. Based on the numerical model, relationship between angle-moment in pure bending and angle-torque in pure torsion are shown respectively in simulation curve. This topic is expected to provide a type of new structure for continuum robot, which not only expands the dexterity, but also make the robot stiffer, and provide basic for the further study.
In this paper, we have designed a quad copter which is cost effective and powered by ROS. The drone is capable of maintaining a constant altitude during hovering and a constant position for monitoring or surveillance....
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The present paper describes the challenges and preliminary results obtained during the design and implementation of a disassembly system for capacitors placed on printed circuits boards. This research is included in a...
The present paper describes the challenges and preliminary results obtained during the design and implementation of a disassembly system for capacitors placed on printed circuits boards. This research is included in an attempt to reduce the impact of the electronic waste. The proposed architecture includes a six axis multipurpose industrial robot, dedicated sensors and a custom built tool. An originally designed rotary tool, with a specific type of drill bit, was used to dismantle each capacitor on the board. A sensor triggers the tool for the drill rotation when the perforation is accomplished accordingly, so that the friction force is big enough to initiate the dismantling procedure. Using the rotation movement of the drill, at a calculated number of rotations, the capacitors are successfully dismantled from the printed circuits board. An artificial vision system composed from a stereo camera and an image-processing algorithm, provides data with regard to the position of each capacitor on the printed circuit board. A vacuum cleaner was integrated in the scheme to recover the capacitors after dismantling. The scheme design was perpetually optimized using dedicated simulation software. Also, preliminary results obtained on the physical system underline the potential advantages of the proposed approach.
In this paper, we have designed a autonomous vehicle which is cost effective and powered by Robotic Operating System (ROS). The vehicle is capable of maintaining a constant speed and distance for monitoring or surveil...
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The deposition and coating of thin films onto curved rigid substrate, involving displacement of air by a liquid, has numerous applications within the technology sectors but faces two major challenges: (i) control of t...
The deposition and coating of thin films onto curved rigid substrate, involving displacement of air by a liquid, has numerous applications within the technology sectors but faces two major challenges: (i) control of the local film thickness; (ii) ensuring that the coating remains stable. The work reported here investigates the full coverage of three-dimensional curved geometries, of hemispherical and conical shape, by a continuously fed, gravity-driven, thin liquid layer. The modelling approach adopted utilises a first integral formulation [1,2] of the Navier-Stokes equations leading to a variational formulation in the case of steady flow and an advantageous re-formulation of the dynamic boundary condition at the free surface [3]. Asymptotic analysis, underpinned by the long-wave approximation, enables analytic solutions for the local film thickness to be obtained.
We propose a method for using a haptic interface for vision or hearing to present alternative information to a disabled person. Till date, an acceleration sensor, wireless transfer equipment, and equipment using a vib...
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We propose a method for using a haptic interface for vision or hearing to present alternative information to a disabled person. Till date, an acceleration sensor, wireless transfer equipment, and equipment using a vibration device have been developed. This paper describes the transfer of information, employing the characteristic efficiently, using a linear vibration actuator as the vibration device. The objective is to transmit the accent of the first beat of an important rhythm by music. In this study, a method for combining two vibration frequencies and its dependence on a vibration pattern are verified by experiment. Consequently, a method depending on a vibration pattern is adopted, the verification experiment is conducted, and the same characteristic as the case where vision is used is acquired.
Developing mechanical devices to restore natural locomotion for transfemoral amputees still raises many challenges. One of them is the development of an efficient control strategy for the prosthesis active joints, wit...
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(纸本)9781538681848
Developing mechanical devices to restore natural locomotion for transfemoral amputees still raises many challenges. One of them is the development of an efficient control strategy for the prosthesis active joints, with the objective of making it flexible and intuitive to use. This paper reports the modelling of the knee joint of the transfemoral CYBERLEGs Beta-Prosthesis, an actuated elastic ankle-knee prosthesis designed with the objective to minimize its total power consumption. More precisely, we report the static model of the prosthetic knee that was used to build its low-level controller, converting the desired torque into a reference position for the joint actuator. Bench testing of the prosthetic knee was performed to show that this static model is able to accurately predict the actual behaviour of the device.
In this paper the micro/macro-positioning control of a novel contactless active robotic joint using active magnetic bearing (AMB) is presented. In clean environments, such as surgery or clean rooms, the use of robots ...
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In the current study to address the incompatibility issue of the Eulerian and Lagrangian frame at FSI problems, a novel physical approach is proposed. According to this approach, the motion of the Lagrangian frame is ...
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