Variable stiffness actuators for fast and safe motion control

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2005, Pages 527-536

  Bicchi, Antonio ^a   Tonietti, Giovanni ^a   Bavaro, Michele ^a   Piccigallo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; MACHINE DESIGN;

CO-DESIGN APPROACH; CONTROL PERFORMANCE; INJURY RISK; MECHANICAL CONTROL; ROBOT ARMS; SPEED UP; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 77049122136     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11008941_56     Document Type: Article

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