Modeling and optimal control of human-like running

G Schultz, K Mombaur - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Designing and controlling an anthropomorphic mechatronic system that is able to perform a
dynamic running motion is a challenging task. One difficulty is that the fundamental …

The rise of the roboid

L Fortunati, A Sorrentino, L Fiorini, F Cavallo - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to analyze a new phenomenon that is emerging in the field of social
robotics, which we name as “roboid”. The roboid is a robot that is still at the prototype stage …

Inverse kinematics and workspace analysis of a cable-driven parallel robot with a spring spine

B Gao, H Song, J Zhao, S Guo, L Sun, Y Tang - Mechanism and Machine …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a cable-driven flexible parallel robot with low motion noise to mimic a human
neck in this paper. The fixed base and moving platform of the robot are connected by three …

Inverse kinematics and workspace analysis of a 3 DOF flexible parallel humanoid neck robot

B Gao, Z Zhu, J Zhao, L Jiang - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2017 - Springer
To mimic the human neck's three degree-of-freedom (DOF) rotation motion, we present a
novel bio-inspired cable driven parallel robot with a flexible spine. Although there exists …

Evaluation of artificial mouths in social robots

Á Castro-González, J Alcocer-Luna… - … on Human-Machine …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The external aspects of a robot affect how people behave and perceive it while interacting.
In this paper, we study the importance of the mouth displayed by a social robot and explore …

Combined inverse kinematic and static analysis and optimal design of a cable-driven mechanism with a spring spine

B Gao, J Xu, J Zhao, N Xi - Advanced Robotics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A special humanoid neck with low motion noise requirements yields a cable-driven parallel
mechanism to imitate the rotational motion of a human neck. The fixed base and moving …

Real-time lip synchronization between text-to-speech (TTS) system and robot mouth

KG Oh, CY Jung, YG Lee, SJ Kim - … International symposium in …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lip synchronization is one of the most important technologies in the field of intelligent
robotics. The natural and precise lip synchronization of robots could contribute to the …

Lateral bending models of spring spine for cable-driven parallel mechanism

B Gao, J Hu, S Guo, W Li, Q Kan - Proceeding of the 11th World …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cable-driven parallel robots with flexible spring spine were present to mimic a human neck.
The fixed base and moving platform of the robots are connected by cables and a …

Driving torque reduction in linkage mechanisms using joint compliance for robot head

C Zhong, X Yang - Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2015 - Springer
The conventional linkage mechanisms with compliant joint have been widely studied and
implemented for increasing the adaptability of the mechanism to external contacts. However …

The universal onboard information-control system for mobile robots

V Filaretov, D Yukhimets, E Mursalimov - Procedia Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The approach to creation of universal software platform for realization of information-control
system of mobile robot is proposed in this work. The main feature of this platform is universal …