{"title":"A Novel Gripping System for Delivery of Packages via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles","authors":"Trigun Maroo, A. Wright","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22179","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can carry packages to locations that are unreachable by a ground vehicle using a gripper that can handle standard sized packages. This paper presents a UAV-mounted system for grasping corrugated boxes. The proposed gripping system uses two pairs of end effectors which are arranged perpendicular to each other. All four grippers are geared so that they can be actuated by a single control input. The mechanism is designed to handle position and orientation errors of the box relative to the gripper. The gripper was experimentally validated using a test box that was misaligned in position and orientation.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122784233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and Modeling of a Variable Stiffness Barrel Mechanism for Ankle Exoskeleton","authors":"A. Soliman, I. Hussain, Mohammad I. Awad, D. Gan","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22650","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper, we present a novel variable-stiffness joint for a walking assistance ankle exoskeleton. This design is adaptive to user needs in the sense that it can aid in different types of motion, i.e. walking, jogging and running, through different stiffness levels. We created a concept that utilizes multiple springs that could contort into different orientations in order to create a fully compliant ankle exoskeleton. The design provides a wide range of assistive torques without constant replacement of parts or springs for each type of activity. This design can be utilized by a wide range of people engaging in different types of activities. Those could be individuals with an active lifestyle or the elderly suffering from muscular atrophy.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129432760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical Redesign of a Transtibial Prosthesis With Active and Passive Components and a Four-Bar Mechanism","authors":"Devon K. Plata, J. Thayer, Philip A. Voglewede","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22111","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper proposes a redesign of a four-bar mechanism for an active transtibial prosthesis created by Bergelin 2010 and modified by Klein 2009. Bergelin utilized a four-bar mechanism, motor, and spring to match the prosthesis ankle moments to the ankle moments of a healthy ankle. Bergelin’s prosthesis did succeed in matching ankle moments closely, but with excessive motor energy expenditure when the prosthesis was in a neutral position. Klein proposed a redesign of the mechanism to change the motor-spring connection from parallel to series to eliminate the energy requirement when the device is in neutral position, which allowed for the application of impedance control of mechanism. This paper proposes a reoptimization of the series motor-spring mechanism configuration proposed by Klein, which further reduces the energy input configuration of the active prosthesis.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129068277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Midha, Vamsi Lodagala, Pratheek Bagivalu Prasanna, Jyothi Komatireddy
{"title":"A Primal Treatise of Constant-Force, Compliant Segments and Mechanisms","authors":"A. Midha, Vamsi Lodagala, Pratheek Bagivalu Prasanna, Jyothi Komatireddy","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22761","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The evolution of constant-force mechanisms is propelled by a growing interest in being able to exert constant or near-constant force in various applications. Compliant mechanisms have recently received much attention in the design of constant-force mechanisms because of their several advantages, e.g. fewer parts, compact construct, natural energy storage, no backlash, among many others. There have been many research efforts in developing various techniques to design these mechanisms for applications in diverse fields. Several of these techniques require design optimization to generate a constant force over a desired range of motion. There is generally a lack of understanding of the mechanics of the generation of constant force. This paper presents the hypothesis that simple arrangements, such as a rigid link with a torsional spring, or compliant segments, under axial loading are capable of producing constant force. Three compliant segment types are considered herein: fixed-free, pinned-pinned, and fixed-guided beams under axial loading, to demonstrate that they can exert near-constant force, without the need for a design optimization. This paper further exemplifies that the proposed theory is the kernel to generating constant force by different mechanism configurations.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130019653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Sharifzadeh, Jiang Yuhao, R. Khodambashi, Daniel M. Aukes
{"title":"Increasing the Life Span of Foldable Manipulators With Fabric","authors":"M. Sharifzadeh, Jiang Yuhao, R. Khodambashi, Daniel M. Aukes","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22757","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper evaluates how laminated techniques may be used to replicate the performance of more traditionally manufactured robotic manipulators. This evaluation is conducted by addressing the advantages and challenges of laminated manufacturing techniques, specifcally mechanism durability. In this study, we propose a novel fabric-polyester hinge design with an improved life-span. We additionally provide an overview of the design and construction workfow for a laminated 2-DOF spherical parallel manipulator for use as a camera stabilizer. Using the proposed manipulator as a case study, we demonstrate that mechanisms fabricated with lamination techniques can achieve similar performance to devices made using conventional methods.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121963638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Saadatzi, Shamsudeen Abubakar, S. Das, M. Saadatzi, D. Popa
{"title":"Neuroadaptive Controller for Physical Interaction With an Omni-Directional Mobile Nurse Assistant Robot","authors":"M. Saadatzi, Shamsudeen Abubakar, S. Das, M. Saadatzi, D. Popa","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22501","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Robot-assisted healthcare could help alleviate the shortage of nursing staff in hospitals and is a potential solution to assist with safe patient handling and mobility. In an attempt to off-load some of the physically-demanding tasks and automate mundane duties of overburdened nurses, we have developed the Adaptive Robotic Nursing Assistant (ARNA), which is a custom-built omnidirectional mobile platform with a 6-DoF robotic manipulator and a force sensitive walking handlebar. In this paper, we present a robot-specific neuroadaptive controller (NAC) for ARNA’s mobile base that employs online learning to estimate the robot’s unknown dynamic model and nonlinearities. This control scheme relies on an inner-loop torque controller and features convergence with Lyapunov stability guarantees. The NAC forces the robot to emulate a mechanical system with prescribed admittance characteristics during patient walking exercises and bed moving tasks. The proposed admittance controller is implemented on a model of the robot in a Gazebo-ROS simulation environment, and its effectiveness is investigated in terms of online learning of robot dynamics as well as sensitivity to payload variations.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126505098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Klett, P. Middendorf, Fabian Muhs, Tomohiro Tachi
{"title":"Comparison of Soft Curved Crease Surrogate Hinges","authors":"Y. Klett, P. Middendorf, Fabian Muhs, Tomohiro Tachi","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22333","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The use of compliant hinges as integral elements of origami-based and origami-inspired structures can provide significant benefits compared to other hinge concepts, namely ease of integration, durability and tunable stiffness, range and target positioning of the hinge. So far, mostly classical straight-crease constructions have been used for the application of such hinges. Curved-crease geometries impose new constraints on the application of compliant elements in the crease region due to the implicit surface curvature in every non-flat folding state. This paper introduces a new, simple surrogate hinge based on angled slash arrays, and compares their behavior to classical lamina-emergent surrogate hinges.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133954706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of the Compliant Drive Mechanism for a Prosthetic Ankle","authors":"Tyler N. Morrison, Dylan Trainor, H. Su","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22442","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Designers of powered ankle prosthetics face the challenge of synthesizing a suitable means of actuating the ankle joint while keeping prosthetic mass low. The mass of the motor can be reduced by decreasing the amount of torque it must provide which can be accomplished by the design of an effective driving mechanism. In this paper, we outline a method for designing a compliant four-bar mechanism for minimizing the maximum torque required of the motor. We demonstrate a workflow for using human subject walking data to create a prosthetic drive mechanism tailored to the specific bio-mechanics of the dataset, and that the algorithm can be applied across a variety of gaits to create a prosthetic appropriate for both walking and running.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133283631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structure Synthesis of Parallel Manipulators With Fully Decoupled Projective Motion and Any Degrees of Freedom","authors":"C. Kuo, J. Dai","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22490","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper presents the structure synthesis of a special class of parallel manipulators with motion decoupleability. The manipulator is synthesized by grouping a motion constraint leg and a set of constraint-free legs. The desired motion, i.e., the output degrees of freedom (DOFs), of the end-effector is expressed by a projective angle representation. It was found that the fully decoupled design for parallel manipulators with any DOFs is achievable when the output motion is described by the projective angles. A synthesis procedure is proposed based on the reasoning of the screw systems and reciprocal screws of the decoupled motion. Several design examples of fully decoupled 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-DOF parallel manipulators are provided.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130801539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examine the Bending Stiffness of Generalized Kresling Modules for Robotic Manipulation","authors":"Joshua Kaufmann, Suyi Li","doi":"10.1115/detc2020-22187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22187","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Via analytical modeling and experimental validation, this study examines the bending stiffness adaptation of bistable origami modules based on generalized Kresling pattern. These modules, which are the building blocks of an octopus-inspired robotic manipulator, can create a reconfigurable articulation via switching between their stable states. In this way, the manipulator can exhibit pseudo-linkage kinematics with lower control requirements and improved motion accuracy compared to completely soft manipulators. A key to achieving this reconfigurable articulation is that the underlying Kresling modules must show a sufficient difference in bending stiffness between their stable states. Therefore, this study aims to use both a nonlinear bar-hinge model and experimental testing to uncover the correlation between the module bending stiffness and the corresponding origami designs. The results show that the Kresling origami module can indeed exhibit a significant change in bending stiffness because of the reorientation of its triangular facets. That is, at one stable state, these facets align close to parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical-shaped module, so the module bending stiffness is relatively high and dominated by the facet stretching. However, at the other stable states, the triangular facets are orientated close to perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, so the bending stiffness is low and dominated by crease folding. The results of this study will provide the necessary design insights for constructing a fully functional manipulator with the desired articulation behavior.","PeriodicalId":365283,"journal":{"name":"Volume 10: 44th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124132314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}