Mechanical vibrational energy, which is provided by continuous or discontinuous motion, is an infinite source of energy that may be found anywhere. This source may be utilized to generate electricity to replenish batteries or directly power electrica...
This paper presents an improved method for the non-inertial dynamic analysis of the 3-SPS/U parallel platform (3-SPS/U PM), employing the screw theory and Kane’s method, where S, P, and U denote spherical, prismatic, and universal joints, respe...
Thin fiber-shaped pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) can generate contractile motions upon stimulation, and it is well known for its good compliance, high weight-to-power ratio, resemblance to animal muscle movements, and, most importantly, the capabi...
Robots are expanding from industrial applications to daily life, in areas such as medical robotics, rehabilitative robotics, social robotics, and mobile/aerial robotics systems. In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has been integrated into many ro...
This review will examine the rapidly growing field of soft robotics, with a special emphasis on soft robotic actuators and their applications in bioengineering. Bioengineering has increasingly utilized soft robotics due to their mechanical adaptabili...
Over the past decade, 3D printing technology has been leading the manufacturing revolution. A recent development in the field of 3D printing has added time as a fourth dimension to obtain 4D printing parts. A fabricated design created by 3D printing...
Point machines are the actuators for railway switching and crossing systems that guide trains from one track to another. Hence, the safe and reliable behavior of point machines are pivotal for rail transportation. Recently, scholars and researchers h...
Haptic technology that provides tactile sensation feedback by utilizing actuators to achieve the purpose of human–computer interaction is obtaining increasing applications in electronic devices. This review covers four kinds of electromechanica...
In this paper, we present the details of the actuator design for our humanoid robot, Mithra. Mithra has been designed to match an average adult human in terms of kinematic and kinetic characteristics. This poses various challenges in actuator design...
The current reliance on manual rescue is inefficient, and lightweight, highly flexible, and intelligent robots need to be investigated. Global seismic disasters occur often, and rescue jobs are defined by tight timetables and high functional and inte...
This paper presents a method on how to compute the position of a robotic arm in the 2D and 3D spaces. This method is slightly different from the well-known methods, such as forward or inverse kinematics. The method presented in this paper is an optic...
Rigid robots have found wide-ranging applications in manufacturing automation, owing to their high loading capacity, high speed, and high precision. Nevertheless, these robots typically feature joint-based drive mechanisms, possessing limited degrees...
This systematic review explores recent advancements in control methods for rehabilitation exoskeleton robots, which assist individuals with motor impairments through guided movement. As robotics technology progresses, precise, adaptable, and safe con...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the development of medical robots to enhance interventional MRI-guided therapies and operations. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surgical robots are particularly attractive due to their ability to provi...
Electroactive polymers (EAPs) represent a versatile class of smart materials capable of converting electrical stimuli into mechanical motion and vice versa, positioning them as key components in the next generation of actuators and sensors. This revi...
This study investigates the effects of humanoid robot appearance, emotional expression, and interaction skills on the uncanny valley phenomenon among university students using the social humanoid robot (SHR) Ameca. Two fundamental studies were conduc...
Modular self-configurable robot (MSR) systems have been investigated for decades, and their applications have been widely explored to meet emerging automation needs in various applications, such as space exploration, manufacturing, defense, medical i...
Soft robotics are attractive to researchers and developers due to their potential for biomimicry applications across a myriad of fields, including biomedicine (e.g., surgery), the film industry (e.g., animatronics), ecology (e.g., physical ‘ani...
Piezoelectric materials are a class of materials that can generate an electric charge when subjected to mechanical stress, or vice versa. These materials have a wide range of applications, from sensors and actuators to energy-harvesting devices and m...
The traditional tool center point (TCP) calibration method requires the operator to use their experience to set the actual position of the tool center point. To address this lengthy workflow and low accuracy, while improving accuracy and efficiency f...
A gripper is the critical component of the robot end effector for the automatic harvesting of fruit, which determines whether the fruit can be harvested intact or undamaged. In this paper, a robotic gripper mechanism based on three-finger and variabl...
Farmland irrigation is an essential foundation for good crop growth, while traditional farmland irrigation techniques cannot fully consider the impact of factors such as natural precipitation and crop transpiration on crop growth, which can, to a cer...
As automation is spreading in all the industry domains, the presence of robots is becoming unavoidable inside factories, warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Although a great number of companies and research institutions have concentrated their e...
Digitalization shapes the ways of learning, working, and entertainment. The Internet, which enables us to connect and socialize is evolving to become the metaverse, a post-reality universe, enabling virtual life parallel to reality. In addition to ga...
Consumer-grade virtual reality systems have become increasingly accessible over the last years, making these great options for psychological and physiological medical use. This paper studies the precision of one available system, the Oculus Quest 2....
Magnetorheological (MR) materials are a group of smart materials used in new technologies with controlled reliability. The development of these materials is expanding, starting from MR fluids, elastomers, grease, and gel. This large number of materia...
Exoskeletons are being explored for assisting motion therapy for neurological impairment-related rehabilitation. Soft robotic exoskeletons are gaining more attention for upper-extremity applications due to their simplistic actuation mechanisms and co...
With the global attention given to energy issues, the electrification of aviation and the development of more electric aircraft (MEA) have become important trends in the modern aviation industry. The electric actuator plays multiple roles in aircraft...
Dielectric elastomer sensors (DESs) have been known as highly stretchable strain sensors for about two decades. They are composite films consisting of alternating dielectric and electrode layers. Their electrical capacitance between the electrodes is...
This review provides a comprehensive analysis of recent advancements in lower limb exoskeleton systems, focusing on applications, control strategies, hardware architecture, sensing modalities, human-robot interaction, evaluation methods, and technica...
Humans possess dexterous hands that surpass those of other animals, enabling them to perform intricate, complex movements. Soft hands, known for their inherent flexibility, aim to replicate the functionality of human hands. This article provides an o...
This journal review article focuses on the use of assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons as a new opportunity for individuals with diminished mobility. The article aims to identify gaps and inconsistencies in state-of-the-art assistive and rehabil...
Soft robots offer a number of advantages over traditional rigid robots in applications such as minimally invasive surgery, where safety and dexterity are required. In previous works, the STIFF-FLOP manipulator has been introduced as a new concept of...
Electro-mechanical brake (EMB) systems have garnered significant attention due to their distributed architecture. However, their signals from the brake pedal to the wheel-end actuators (WEAs) are transmitted electrically, meaning that any fault in EM...
This review synthesizes research on smart insole prototypes and their designs, focusing on those incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and a wireless communication/transmission system. The main objective of this work is to summarize existing stu...
The flexoelectric effect, which exists in all dielectrics, is an electromechanical effect that arises due to the coupling of strain gradients (or electric field gradients) with electric polarization (or mechanical stress). Numerous experimental studi...
Laminar jamming (LJ) is a method to achieve variable stiffness in robotics that has attracted notable attention because of its simple working principle and potential high stiffness variation. This article reviews the lock/unlock mechanisms of LJ stru...
Permanent magnet eddy current couplers (PMECCs) have the characteristics of contactless torque transmission, removal of torque ripple, smooth dynamic process, and adjustable speed, and can be used as couplings, dampers, brakes, and speed governors. T...
This study explores the significance of active suspension systems for vehicles with lower chassis compared to conventional ones, aiming at the development of future automobiles. Conventional linear MR (magnetorheological) dampers were found inadequat...
Due to friction vibration dampers’ inability to effectively dampen low loads during high-frequency dewatering, drum washing machines vibrated intensively. In order to address this problem, in this paper, a novel type of low-cost non-Newtonian f...
To exploit the energy-saving potential of pneumatic actuator systems, various energy-saving circuits have been developed in recent decades. However, the principle of a pressure-based air supply cut-off has only been considered to a limited extent. Th...
Visual servoing is widely used in the peg-in-hole assembly due to the uncertainty of pose. Humans can easily align the peg with the hole according to key visual points/edges. By imitating human behavior, we propose P2HNet, a learning-based neural net...
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to advance toward widespread adoption, innovations in power electronics are playing a pivotal role in improving efficiency, performance, and sustainability. This review presents recent progress in bidirectional con...
Soft robotics is an emerging field dedicated to the design and development of robots with soft structures. Soft robots offer unique capabilities in terms of flexibility, adaptability, and safety of physical interaction, and therefore provide advanced...
Clamping force control is one of the key technologies in the algorithm design and implementation of electro-mechanical braking system, whose control effects directly affect the vehicle braking performance and safety performance. In order to improve t...
This paper presents the design, construction, and implementation of a soft robotic system comprising a continuum manipulator arm equipped with a compliant gripper. Three main objectives were pursued: (1) developing a soft silicone gripper as an alter...
Deep domain adaptation techniques have recently been the subject of much research in machinery fault diagnosis. However, most of the work has been focused on domain alignment, aiming to learn cross-domain features by bridging the gap between source a...
The introduction of smart materials will become increasingly relevant as biomedical technologies progress. Smart materials sense and respond to external stimuli (e.g., chemical, electrical, mechanical, or magnetic signals) or environmental circumstan...
In the quest for intelligent robots, it is essential to enable them to understand tasks beyond mere manipulation. Achieving this requires a robust parsing mode that can be used to understand human cognition and semantics. However, the existing method...
This study aimed to develop a real-time localization system for an AMR (autonomous mobile robot), which utilizes the Robot Operating System (ROS) Noetic version in the Ubuntu 20.04 operating system. RTAB-MAP (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is em...
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