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Recent Trends and Advances in Mechanism Design and Robotics

A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Robots and Automation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 9383

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Xinjun Liu

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Interests: mechanism and robotics; parallel manipulators; advanced and smart manufacturing equipments
Prof. Dr. Jingjun Yu

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Robotics Institute, Beihang University, Beijing, China
Interests: mechanisms and robotics; flexure design
Prof. Dr. Jiantao Yao

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Key Laboratory of Advanced Forging & Stamping Technology and Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
Interests: mechanism and robotics; soft robotics; advanced and smart assembly equipment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleague,

In the 21st century intelligence wave, the mission of creating intelligent robots and equipment with different structures and functions continues to be undertaken. Research on mechanisms and robotics is mainly composed of five parts: structure design, kinematics, dynamics, sensing and control, and theory and method of system design. With the rapid increase in the complexity of tasks and environments, higher requirements are put forward on the adaptability and interaction capabilities of robots. The development trend is to deeply cross-integrate with information, computers, materials, measurement, manufacturing life sciences, etc., to achieve high-quality and intelligent equipment.

This Special Issue aims at collecting recent theoretical and technical achievements in the interdisciplinary research of mechanisms and robotics. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Parallel mechanisms;
  • Serial–parallel mechanisms;
  • Bioinspired mechanisms;
  • Rigid-flexible-soft coupling mechanisms;
  • Deployable mechanisms;
  • Wearable robots;
  • Soft robots;
  • Medical and rehabilitation robots.

Prof. Dr. Xinjun Liu
Prof. Dr. Jingjun Yu
Prof. Dr. Jiantao Yao
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Robotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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Stastaball: Design and Control of a Statically Stable Ball Robot
by Luca Fornarelli, Jack Young, Thomas McKenna, Ebenezer Koya and John Hedley
Robotics 2023, 12(2), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics12020034 - 28 Feb 2023
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Ballbots are omnidirectional robots in which a robot chassis is built and balanced on top of a ball, thereby allowing for a highly manoeuvrable platform on a planar surface. However, the stability of such robots is performed dynamically with the use of a [...] Read more.
Ballbots are omnidirectional robots in which a robot chassis is built and balanced on top of a ball, thereby allowing for a highly manoeuvrable platform on a planar surface. However, the stability of such robots is performed dynamically with the use of a suitable controller, and thus, power to such robots must be continually maintained. In this paper, a novel approach to the ballbot design is presented in which unpowered static stability is maintained mechanically by a suitable choice of position for the centre of mass of the robot. The simulations of the design and a built prototype evidence the feasibility of such an approach, demonstrating static stability and performance parameters of three degrees of freedom movement, linear speeds of 0.05 m/s, rotation angular speed of 1 rad/s and the ability to traverse inclines up to 3°. Limitations in performance were predominantly due to compressibility of the ball used and power of the motors. Areas for future development to address these issues are suggested. Full article
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Trends in the Control of Hexapod Robots: A Survey
by Joana Coelho, Fernando Ribeiro, Bruno Dias, Gil Lopes and Paulo Flores
Robotics 2021, 10(3), 100; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics10030100 - 04 Aug 2021
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The static stability of hexapods motivates their design for tasks in which stable locomotion is required, such as navigation across complex environments. This task is of high interest due to the possibility of replacing human beings in exploration, surveillance and rescue missions. For [...] Read more.
The static stability of hexapods motivates their design for tasks in which stable locomotion is required, such as navigation across complex environments. This task is of high interest due to the possibility of replacing human beings in exploration, surveillance and rescue missions. For this application, the control system must adapt the actuation of the limbs according to their surroundings to ensure that the hexapod does not tumble during locomotion. The most traditional approach considers their limbs as robotic manipulators and relies on mechanical models to actuate them. However, the increasing interest in model-free models for the control of these systems has led to the design of novel solutions. Through a systematic literature review, this paper intends to overview the trends in this field of research and determine in which stage the design of autonomous and adaptable controllers for hexapods is. Full article
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