In this paper, a compact Series Elastic Actuator is designed and evaluated. The proposed actuator will be used to drive the joints of the modular exoskeleton for lower limbs ExoTAO (Transparent Active Orthosis), available ...

Series elastic actuators have been studied for various applications since 1995. Despite not yet being widely used commercially, a lot of different models were created in the academia using different types of springs, or ...

This paper presents the development and validation of a polymer optical-fiber strain-gauge sensor based on the light-coupling principle to measure axial deformation of elastic tendons incorporated in soft actuators for ...

El estudio de la robótica blanda explora el uso de materiales alternativos que permitan la creación de mecanismos flexibles, basados en la naturaleza. Para hacer realidad estos diseños se implementa el uso de materiales ...

Rehabilitation devices with soft components increasingly attract more attention due to their characteristics in human-robot interaction. However, these types of systems have a certain level of complexity when analyzing and ...

Este documento presenta el diseño de un sistema de seguridad que evita colisiones entre un robot antropomórfico de seis grados de libertad y los operarios u objetos que se encuentren presentes en el entorno. Mediante el ...

The `biomimetic` approach to tissue engineering usually involves the use of a bioreactor mimicking physiological parameters whilst supplying nutrients to the developing tissue. Here we present a new heart valve bioreactor, ...

Neste trabalho é realizada a análise do comportamento dinâmico não linear, caótico e controle, de um sistema macro eletromecânico e um sistema micro eletromecânico, e esta dividida em duas partes: A primeira parte desta ...