A novel intrinsically energy efficient actuator with adjustable stiffness (AwAS)

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 355-365

  Jafari, Amir ^a   Tsagarakis, Nikos G ^a   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjustable stiffness; energy efficiency; natural dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEVER ARM; MECHANICAL CONFIGURATIONS; MINIMUM ENERGY CONSUMPTION; NATURAL DYNAMICS; REAL TIME; SPRING ELEMENT; VARIABLE FREQUENCIES; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

ACTUATORS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84866498987     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2177098     Document Type: Article

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