Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021

• Other Authors: Di Gregorio, Raffaele (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; parallel manipulator; RoboMech; kinematic synthesis and analysis; Chebyshev and least-square approximations; upper limb rehabilitation; bio-inspired exoskeleton; cable-driven system; over-actuation; Hill's model; EP control; torque adjusting mechanism; differential evolution; robot modeling and simulation; robot design; dynamic modelling; rehabilitation robotics; computational modelling; simulation; MATLAB; Simulink; SimScape; SimScape Multibody; finger grip; elderly; ergonomics; pinch assistant; pinch force; usability; planar linkages; indeterminate linkages; screw theory; collaborative robots; small-scale production; skill-based programming; machine design; dimensional synthesis; useful workspace; performance index; kinetostatics; biomimetics; underwater robots; robotics; multibody systems; transmission systems; autonomous underwater vehicles; kinematic synthesis of robots; mixed-position synthesis; twist systems; functional electrical stimulation; six-bar linkage; Watt II; Stephenson III; performance tricycle; mechanism optimization; kinematics; topology; design optimization; dexterity; inspection
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This volume collects the papers published on the special issue "Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal "MDPI Robotics"...