This paper presents the design, fabrication, and application of an electrostatically driven microgripper integrated piezoresistive force sensor. The microgripper is designed to manipulate two microobjects at the same ...
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This paper presents the design, fabrication, and application of an electrostatically driven microgripper integrated piezoresistive force sensor. The microgripper is designed to manipulate two microobjects at the same time with force sensing ability. Surface and bulk micromachining technology is employed to fabricate the microgripper from single crystal silicon wafer. The end effector of the gripper is a four arms structure, two fixed cantilever beams integrated with piezoresistive sensor are designed to sensing the gripping force, and an electrostatically driven microactuator is designed to provide the force to operate the other two movable arms. In this way, the four fingers structure enables the gripper to grasp two samples with different sizes at the same time. Experimental results show that it can successfully provide force sensing and play a main role in preventing damage of microparts in micromanipulation and microassembly tasks.
In order to offer a method for the rehabilitation of injured fingers and a means of quantitative detection and evaluation, an exoskeleton based continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is presented in this paper. Corre...
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In order to offer a method for the rehabilitation of injured fingers and a means of quantitative detection and evaluation, an exoskeleton based continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is presented in this paper. Corresponding to each finger of human hand, the CPM machine has 4 degrees of freedom (DOF) driven by two DC motors. The joint force and position sensors are all integrated into the machine. The device can be easily attached and also be adjusted to fit different hand sizes. During the injured fingerpsilas flexion and extension motion the machine can always exert perpendicular forces on the finger phalanges, meanwhile it can achieve the precise control of scope, force and speed of the moving fingers. In order to control the CPM machine, we have also designed an embedded control system based on S3C2410 (a kind of 32-bit RISC microprocessor). The whole system is open-ended for new functions and applications. The function modularization method provides a new thinking of design for the control system.
The paper proposes a cooperative system of fuzzy neural networks (FNN) and fuzzy logic control (FLC). And this system is used to on-line path tracking of a mobile robot in unknown dynamic environment, instead of the c...
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The paper proposes a cooperative system of fuzzy neural networks (FNN) and fuzzy logic control (FLC). And this system is used to on-line path tracking of a mobile robot in unknown dynamic environment, instead of the commonly used FLC to research on this problem. Firstly, the application of FNN based on the kinematics models of mobile robot is described in detail, moreover, it uses an improved back propagation (BP) algorithm to complete the network learning and training. Secondly, it utilizes FLC to fulfill the real-time avoiding obstacles. The simulation results show that the proposed cooperative system is effective and robust, meanwhile possesses better abilities of path tracking and real-time avoiding obstacles in unknown dynamic environment.
This paper proposed a methodology for kinematic and dynamic modeling of biped robot with Heterogeneous legs (BRHL). Based on design characteristics in the knee joint used in intelligent prosthesis leg, i.e., multi-axe...
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Associate Editor in Chief Marc Donner examines the Witty Worm and what its existence might mean for the future of the software development infrastructure.
Associate Editor in Chief Marc Donner examines the Witty Worm and what its existence might mean for the future of the software development infrastructure.
The main objective is to provide an evidence of spatial dependence of mechanical responses of a heterogeneous aluminum brazed joint re-solidified clad, and to confirm a sufficient sensitivity of a nano-indentation—lo...
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The main objective is to provide an evidence of spatial dependence of mechanical responses of a heterogeneous aluminum brazed joint re-solidified clad, and to confirm a sufficient sensitivity of a nano-indentation—load curve method for identifying the dependence. Topological features of a network of solidification microstructures(α phase and eutectic), formed during quench in a brazing process of aluminum alloy, influence significantly dynamic mechanical responses of resulting heterogeneous material. Nano/micro indentation depth vs load characteristics of differing phases suggest a spatially sensitive mechanical response of a re-solidified fillet in the joint zone. Hence, a spatial distribution, pattern formations and other morphological characteristics of microstructures have a direct impact on an ultimate joint integrity. Topology-induced variations of indentation—load curves was presented. A hypothesis involving microstructures’ spatial distribution vs mechanical response was formulated.
Soft robotic systems are human friendly and can mimic the complex motions of animals, which introduces promising potential in various applications, ranging from novel actuation and wearable electronics to bioinspired ...
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Soft robotic systems are human friendly and can mimic the complex motions of animals, which introduces promising potential in various applications, ranging from novel actuation and wearable electronics to bioinspired robots operating in unstructured environments. Due to the use of soft materials, the traditional fabrication and manufacturing methods for rigid materials are unavailable for soft robots. 3D printing is a promising fabrication method for the multifunctional and multimaterial demands of soft robots, as it enables the personalization and customization of the materials and structures. This review provides perspectives on the manufacturing methods for various types of soft robotic systems and discusses the challenges and prospects of future research, including in-depth discussion of pneumatic, electrically activated, magnetically driven, and 4D-printed soft actuators and integrated soft actuators and sensors. Finally, the challenges of realizing multimaterial, multiscale, and multifunctional 3D-printed soft robots are discussed.
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