autonomously. Design/methodology/approach – Focuses on the electro‐mechanical mechanisms required to make the Segway RMP autonomous …

Purpose – Aims to describe design, prototyping and characteristics of a pole climbing/manipulating robot with ability … of passing bends and branches of the pole. Design/methodology/approach – Introducing a hybrid (parallel/serial) four … degree of freedom (DOF) mechanism as the main part of the robot and also introduces a unique gripper design for pole climbing …

programming. We have explored the use of spoken language for programming robots. Design/methodology/approach – Two applications … implications – It is proposed that service robot design should start with investigating the way end‐users will communicate with the … robot. This is encapsulated in the “corpus‐based” approach to robot design illustrated in this paper. This results in more …

. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve limb actuation similar to that of human muscles, a novel actuator with … adaptable compliance is proposed. Three principal design paradigms currently exist in the development of artificial muscles that …

, configurations on the hexapod robotic platform SILO6. Design/methodology/approach – Dynamic simulation of this hexapod is used to …

able to realize. Design/methodology/approach – This is a theoretical paper aimed to highlight a double meaning of …

audio/visual reconnaissance payload, and survive impacts from 3 meters. Design/methodology/approach – The platform uses a … two‐wheel, two‐motor design that delivers high mobility with low complexity. DROP extends microspine climbing technology …/value – This robot is the first wheeled robot to use microspine technology. Various aspects of the prototype robot's design and …

suited for industrial applications. The purpose of this paper is to present a software‐oriented approach to design optimal … architectures of linkage‐driven adaptive (often a.k.a underactuated) fingers with three degrees of freedom. Design …/methodology/approach – The user of the software presented in this paper can design planar underactuated fingers following defined constraints …

motions, thereby facilitating greater understanding of the generation of realistic tooth brushing motion for optimal design of … toothbrushes. Design/methodology/approach – Tooth brushing motions were measured via a motion capture system. Different motion … techniques towards improved realistic human tooth brushing motions simulation for optimal design of tooth brushes.  …

not employ a clear and organized design process. Additionally, the high cost of robotic systems makes it difficult to … financially justify the use of this technology. The purpose of this paper is to present a new design process that gathers … conceptual, kinematic and dynamic design, finite elements method (FEM), functional design and virtual reality control …