Mechanism design for variable stiffness actuation based on enumeration and analysis of performance

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3285-3291

  Catalano, Manuel G ^a   Schiavi, Riccardo ^a   Bicchi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuators; Performance; Physical human robot interaction; Safety; Variable stiffness mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORICS; DRIVE GEARS; GEARED-MOTORS; HUMAN -ROBOT INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION; MECHANISM DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PRIME MOVERS; QUASI-STATIC MODEL; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESPONSE TIME; SAFETY; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS MECHANISM;

ACTUATORS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 77955804551     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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