A multibody biomechanical model of the upper limb including the shoulder girdle

C Quental, J Folgado, J Ambrósio… - Multibody System …, 2012 - Springer
The aim of this work is to propose a robust musculoskeletal model of the upper limb to serve
as the basis for the study of different types of shoulder pathologies, including the use of …

Numerical estimation of balanced and falling states for constrained legged systems

C Mummolo, L Mangialardi, JH Kim - Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2017 - Springer
Instability and risk of fall during standing and walking are common challenges for biped
robots. While existing criteria from state-space dynamical systems approach or ground …

Minimizing energy consumption of elastic robots in repetitive tasks

AV Vivas, A Cherubini, M Garabini… - … on Systems, Man …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy consumption is an important issue in robotics. This article deals with the problem of
reducing the energy consumption of compliant electro-mechanical systems while performing …

Hybrid disturbance rejection control of dynamic bipedal robots

J Arcos-Legarda, J Cortes-Romero… - Multibody System …, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents a disturbance rejection control strategy for hybrid dynamic systems
exposed to model uncertainties and external disturbances. The focus of this work is the gait …

Realization of a Human-like Gait for a Bipedal Robot Based on Gait Analysis

J Yamano, M Kurokawa, Y Sakai, K Hashimoto - Machines, 2024 - mdpi.com
There are many studies analyzing human motion. However, we do not yet fully understand
the mechanisms of our own bodies. We believe that mimicking human motion and function …

Stable optimal control applied to a cylindrical robotic arm

C Torres, J de Jesús Rubio, CF Aguilar-Ibánez… - Neural Computing and …, 2014 - Springer
In this paper, an asymptotically stable optimal control is proposed for the trajectory tracking
of a cylindrical robotic arm. The proposed controller uses the linear quadratic regulator …

Constrained control of flexible-joint lever arm based on uncertainty estimation with data fusion for correcting measurement errors

SK Samiei, M Mirzaei, S Rafatnia - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
This study presents a novel uncertainty estimation algorithm that aims to enhance the
accuracy of a reduced-order dynamic model for a flexible-joint lever arm (FJLA). The model …

Novel scheme for uncertainty and disturbance estimation to control of spacecraft system with input constraint

S Jamshidi, M Mirzaei - … Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, a novel scheme is presented to estimate the uncertainty and disturbance of the
spacecraft system by a compensatory vector calculated online from the information of …

Numerical construction of balanced state manifold for single-support legged mechanism in sagittal plane

JH Kim, CB Joo - Multibody System Dynamics, 2014 - Springer
Legged mechanisms can walk and run but sometimes encounter a risk of falling. In this
article, a general numerical framework of balance criteria for a single-support legged …

Construction of an enhanced 2-DOF finite element model for precise control of flexible beam vibration

N Yarinia, M Mirzaei, S Rafatnia - International Journal of Dynamics and …, 2024 - Springer
This study deals with constructing an enhanced two-degree-of-freedom finite element-based
model for a cantilever flexible beam (FB) with a dynamic solution near the actual beam …