A new actuation approach for human friendly robot design

1 January 2004

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 1 (10504729) , 249-254 Vol.1
https://doi.org/10.1109/robot.2004.1307159

Abstract

Many successful robotic manipulator designs have been introduced. However, there remains the challenge of designing a manipulator that possesses the inherent safety characteristics necessary for human-centered robotics. In this paper, we present a new actuation approach that has the requisite characteristics for inherent safety while maintaining the performance expected of modern designs. By drastically reducing the effective impedance of the manipulator while maintaining high frequency torque capability, we show that the competing design requirements of performance and safety can be successfully integrated into a single manipulation system.

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