In this paper, operation analysis of a Chebyshev-Pantograph leg mechanism is presented for a single degree of freedom (DOF) biped robot. The proposed leg mechanism is composed of a Chebyshev four-bar linkage and a pan...
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In this paper, operation analysis of a Chebyshev-Pantograph leg mechanism is presented for a single degree of freedom (DOF) biped robot. The proposed leg mechanism is composed of a Chebyshev four-bar linkage and a pantograph mechanism. In contrast to general fully actuated anthropomorphic leg mechanisms, the proposed leg mechanism has peculiar features like compactness, low-cost, and easy-operation. Kinematic equations of the proposed leg mechanism are formulated for a computer oriented simulation. Simulation results show the operation performance of the proposed leg mechanism with suitable characteristics. A parametric study has been carried out to evaluate the operation performance as function of design parameters. A prototype of a single DOF biped robot equipped with two proposed leg mechanisms has been built at LARM (Laboratory of robotics and mechatronics). Experimental test shows practical feasible walking ability of the prototype, as well as drawbacks are discussed for the mechanical design.
To enhance the mobility of the rescue robot in amphibious environments, an eccentric paddle mechanism (ePaddle) has been proposed as the locomotion module for utilizing versatile locomotion gaits. In this paper, we fo...
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This paper will utilize the property of self-motion for redundant robot manipulators by designing the general subtask controller that control the joint motion in the null-space of the Jacobian matrix. The general subt...
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Amongst the major challenges in post-stroke rehabilitation are the repetitiveness nature of rehabilitation procedure, and the accessibility of therapists for long-term treatment. In manual rehabilitation procedure, th...
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Amongst the major challenges in post-stroke rehabilitation are the repetitiveness nature of rehabilitation procedure, and the accessibility of therapists for long-term treatment. In manual rehabilitation procedure, the patient is subjected to repetitive mechanical movement of the affected limb by the therapist. In one of the techniques called active-assist exercise , the subject moves his affected limb along a specified trajectory with the therapist guiding the motion. The therapist gives some assistance to the subject to complete the course if deemed necessary and the procedure repeats. The significant advantages of using robots in assisting rehabilitation are its efficiency and it is fatigue free. The robots however need to be developed to have the capability of human therapist in providing the rehabilitation more naturally. In this paper, the work focuses on developing a new framework for the robot controller system. In particular, a low-level controller, which is in the form of force controller based on impedance control theory is discussed. The controller is capable of governing the active-assist exercise through autonomous guidance during the therapeutic procedure based on the Chedoke-McMaster stroke assessment method.
The work presented in this paper focuses on the computational analysis of a miniature flexure-based mechanism. This novel flexure-based mechanism is capable of delivering planar motion with three degrees of freedom (3...
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(纸本)9787900769428
The work presented in this paper focuses on the computational analysis of a miniature flexure-based mechanism. This novel flexure-based mechanism is capable of delivering planar motion with three degrees of freedom (3-DOF). With this computational study, we examine the stress distribution at all flexure joints, modal analysis and the workspace envelop of the mechanism. This mechanism is designed to use three piezoelectric actuators to achieve desired displacement in X, Y and Θ. The knowledge of mechanism's workspace envelop will be very important in path planning and defining motion trajectories. The computational analysis confirms the stress distribution at flexure hinges do not exceed the allowable stress of the material. Analysis of the workspace predicts maximum displacements of 76.7 μm in the X-direction, 69.1 μm in the Y-direction and 3.47 mrad in θ-rotation.
Cell viability is important in biological studies. The detection of cell viability is simply checking whether the cell is alive or dead. This is important in experiments when cells are placed in a new foreign environm...
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(纸本)9781457707988
Cell viability is important in biological studies. The detection of cell viability is simply checking whether the cell is alive or dead. This is important in experiments when cells are placed in a new foreign environment and when cells are being manipulated for testing either mechanically, chemically or electrically. Basically, there are two ways to determine the cell viability, one is through the cell's function for example the metabolism which can be tested by the ability of the cell to produce glucose and the other is through the cells properties like when cells lose their plasma membrane integrity and hence allow any chemicals or other substances to enter the cell [1]. A conventional method is based on the examination of the property of cell membrane integrity by using colorimetric dyes such as tyrapan blue and fluorescent dyes [2] which can change the color of the dead cells. The main drawback with the conventional method is the addition of the chemical agents (i.e. dye) may change the cell physiology [3] due to the chemical interaction and thus having the cell in its original condition for further testing becomes impossible. Furthermore, such methods require time for the cells to incorporate the discrimination chemical. Also these methods lack the capability to produce quantitative cell viability information [1]. Measuring the electrical properties to detect for viable cells overcome some of these limitations. This paper is a continuation and extension of our earlier work [4]. Previously, we experimentally demonstrated a novel method for cell viability detection using dual nanoprobe. Now, by using finite element approach, four more factors, i.e. material types, cross-sectional shapes, opening gaps and penetration depth of the dual, have been studied. In brief, the dual nanoprobes work by slightly penetrating the cell wall and measure the current that flow in the cells when exposed to a voltage. A detected current shows that a cell is alive. The main advantage
DIDSON(Dual-frequency identification sonar),a new generation of acoustic video cameras, is applied to research and detect the underwater environment in this paper. In order to solve the shortcomings of the DIDSON in u...
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Minimally invasive surgery has drastically changed modern day surgery, and has become the standard for various procedures. MIS however has its own difficulties, and as a result, has seen robotic surgery rise in popula...
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(纸本)9787900769428
Minimally invasive surgery has drastically changed modern day surgery, and has become the standard for various procedures. MIS however has its own difficulties, and as a result, has seen robotic surgery rise in popularity over recent years. It is yet to be seen whether robotic surgery will cause another major paradigm shift, as these systems still require large costs, take up too much space, have an unclear cost benefit, and provide little or no force feedback. This paper presents a surgical tool for force/torque sensing, and uses a novel overcoat method to deal with sensor corruption at the trocar. A static analysis was conducted to compare force feedback accuracy when using a surgical tool with and without an overcoat. The former resulted in errors of 2% or lower, where the latter introduced errors up to 238%.
In the last few years, for the purposes of identification of mechanical systems during their normal work the OMA (Operational Modal Analysis) methods are frequently used. These methods can be applied under the assumpt...
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(纸本)9781622764334
In the last few years, for the purposes of identification of mechanical systems during their normal work the OMA (Operational Modal Analysis) methods are frequently used. These methods can be applied under the assumption that the excitation acting on the tested system is random. This requirement is not met in case of some industrial machines (e.g. in power engineering) while the excitation related to rotating elements significantly worsen the accuracy of modal models estimated by means of the OMA methods. Therefore the methods making it possible to overcome this problem arise great interest. One of such methods is OMAX that nowadays is more and more frequently applied to operational identification of mechanical structures. The paper concerns comparison of the classical methods (OMA) and OMAX method. The results were verified experimentally for the characteristics measured on the laboratory object and on the wind turbine.
This paper presents a model and controller design for a pneumatic actuator system. Three control strategies of position, force and compliance control are proposed. From the compliance control, stiffness characteristic...
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This paper presents a model and controller design for a pneumatic actuator system. Three control strategies of position, force and compliance control are proposed. From the compliance control, stiffness characteristic of the pneumatic actuator will be presented in real-time system. Model of the pneumatic actuator system (transfer function) is obtained from System Identification (SI) method. Next, Predictive Functional Control (PFC) with observer design is selected as the control strategy for the pneumatic system. Performance assessment of the controller is performed in MATLAB and validated through real-time experiment. Result shows that the PFC controller is adapted to the system and able to control successfully in both simulation and experiment.
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