Design and validation of a cable-driven asymmetric back exosuit

JM Li, DD Molinaro, AS King… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lumbar spine injuries caused by repetitive lifting rank as the most prevalent workplace injury
in the United States. While these injuries are caused by both symmetric and asymmetric …

Design and stiffness analysis of a novel 7-DOF cable-driven manipulator

S Pang, W Shang, F Zhang, B Zhang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lightweight design of robots is an important factor in the field of human-robot interaction.
Thus, a lightweight 7-DOF cable-driven manipulator is proposed and manufactured …

[HTML][HTML] Control and evaluation of a humanoid robot with rolling contact joints on its lower body

SH Bang, C Gonzalez, J Ahn, N Paine… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we introduce a new teen-sized humanoid platform dubbed DRACO 3, custom-
built by Apptronik and altered for practical use by the Human Centered Robotics Laboratory …

Cable-driven actuation for highly dynamic robotic systems

J Hwangbo, V Tsounis, H Kolvenbach… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and experimental evaluations of an articulated robotic limb
called Capler-Leg. The key element of Capler-Leg is its single-stage cable-pulley …

Achieving versatile energy efficiency with the wanderer biped robot

CG Hobart, A Mazumdar, SJ Spencer… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Legged humanoid robots promise revolutionary mobility and effectiveness in environments
built for humans. However, inefficient use of energy significantly limits their practical …

Modeling of synthetic fiber ropes and frequency response of long-distance cable–pulley system

A Takata, G Endo, K Suzumori, H Nabae… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, synthetic fiber ropes have attracted much attention because of their potential
to increase the load capacity, reduce the size, and lighten the weight of tendon-driven …

Investigation of repetitive bending durability of synthetic fiber ropes

A Horigome, G Endo - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A synthetic fiber rope, which is lightweight and has a high tensile strength and flexibility, is
receiving considerable attention as a replacement for a stainless steel wire rope. This letter …

An Investigation on the Effect of Actuation Pattern on the Power Consumption of Legged Robots for Extraterrestrial Exploration

Y Hu, W Guo, R Lin - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Legged robots have great potential to be extraterrestrial exploration rovers of extraordinary
versatility. Minimizing power consumption is of vital importance in the scenarios of …

Design and validation of a versatile high torque quasidirect drive hip exoskeleton

A Bajpai, C Carrasquillo, J Carlson… - IEEE/ASME …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of wearable robotics has made significant progress toward augmenting human
functions from multimodal ambulation to manual lifting tasks. However, most of these …

Development of new terminal fixation method for synthetic fiber ropes

A Horigome, G Endo, A Takata… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A synthetic fiber rope is potentially capable of replacing a stainless steel wire rope because
it is light weight, and has high tensile strength and flexibility. In order to exploit the maximum …