...Sheng-Guan Lin; Jen-Yuan (James) Chang Soft actuators, composed of pliable materials, are increasingly adopted in industrial grippers owing to their inherent flexibility, elasticity, and safety attributes, making them well-suited for anthropomorphic robotic applications. A significant gap...

... in Fig. 2 . Further, this flowchart also classifies the literature in the laterals of the particular decision-making aspect addressed, namely, planning, control, and human–robot interaction. Fig. 2 A graphical presentation of representative papers in the literature A graphical presentation...

...Larry L. Howell At the Mechanisms & Robotics Awards Luncheon held September 2, 2009 in San Diego, CA, Dr. Larry L. Howell, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University, received the 2009 ASME Mechanisms & Robotics Award. At the luncheon, Professor Howell distributed...

...Giovanni Berselli; Rocco Vertechy; Gabriele Vassura; Vincenzo Parenti Castelli The interest in actuators based on dielectric elastomer films as a promising technology in robotic and mechatronic applications is increasing. The overall actuator performances are influenced by the design of both...

...Man Bok Hong; Yong Je Choi It is possible to realize the desired compliance characteristics of a robot in a form of a passive compliance device, which demands the synthesis technique of a stiffness matrix by parallel connections of line and/or torsional springs. In this paper, the stiffness matrix...

...J. Michael McCarthy design engineering robots 05 09 2008 Some may recall that twenty-five years ago in January 1983 the rapidly growing Journal of Mechanical Design was divided into two daughter journals. One became the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and the other...