Design of a variable stiffness actuator based on flexures

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Palli, Gianluca ^a   Berselli, Giovanni ^a   Melchiorri, Claudio ^a   Vassura, Gabriele ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FULLY COMPLIANT MECHANISM; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; ROBOTIC DEVICES; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

ACTUATORS; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 79960458348     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004228     Document Type: Article

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