Tendon-driven manipulator actuated by magnetorheological clutches exhibiting both high-power and soft motion capabilities

J Viau, P Chouinard, JPL Bigué, G Julió… - IEEE/ASME …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tendon-driven manipulators (TDMs) are capable of large workspaces and low link inertias
in compact embodiments. However, as most TDMs are powered by electromechanical …

Electromagnet design for magneto-rheological devices

A Farjoud, EA Bagherpour - Journal of Intelligent Material …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Electromagnet design is an important step in design of magneto-rheological devices.
Magneto-rheological fluid flow is affected by a magnetic field created by an electromagnet …

Clutch actuation

J Deur, V Ivanović - Encyclopedia of automotive engineering, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Clutch actuator is a mechatronic system that is aimed to provide effective control of a
variable that directly influences the clutch torque. The influencing variable is usually the …

Reliable and lightweight primary flight control actuation using magneto-rheological clutches in slippage

P Chouinard, M Denninger… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Replacing aircraft hydraulic actuators with ElectroMechanical Actuators (EMAs) is seen as a
necessary step towards the development of safer and more efficient aircraft with minimal …

Dynamic model of MR dampers based on a hysteretic magnetic circuit

P Guo, J Xie, X Guan - Shock and Vibration, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a key to understand dynamic performances of MR dampers, a comprehensive dynamic
magnetic circuit model is proposed in this work on the basis of Ampere's and Gauss's laws. It …

Magneto-rheological actuators for haptic devices: Design, modeling, control, and validation of a prototype clutch

N Najmaei, A Asadian, MR Kermani… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In our previous work [1], the potential benefits of Magneto-Rheological Fluid based actuators
to the field of haptics were studied. Our results showed that the superior mechanical …

Adaptive hysteresis compensation for a magneto-rheological robot actuator

P Yadmellat, MR Kermani - 2013 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, adaptive compensation of the hysteresis in a Magneto-Rheological (MR) fluid
based actuators and its application for sensor-less high fidelity force/torque control is …

[PDF][PDF] Design and testing of an experimental magnetorheological fluid clutch

Z Herold, D Libl, J Deur - Strojarstvo: časopis za teoriju i praksu u …, 2010 - hrcak.srce.hr
The magnetorheological fluid (MRF) and related clutch devices were invented at the
National Bureau of Standards by Jacob Rabinow in 1940s [1]. Rabinow proposed to use fine …

Design and experimental characterization of a magnetorheological fluid clutch

J Deur, D Libl, Z Herold, M Hancock, F Assadian - 2009 - sae.org
Magnetorheological fluid (MRF) clutches are expected to be used in several automotive
systems such as auxiliary engine devices, active differentials, and automatic transmissions …

Design of a high torque density single-disc electromagnetic clutch

G Wei, Z Chengning - 2010 International Conference on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new multi-section single-disc electromagnetic clutch is presented. Based on the
introduction of the operation principle of the clutch, the necessity of adopting the multi …