Dissertations / Theses: 'Mechatronics and Robotics'

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Rogers, Adam Gregory. "Precision mechatronics lab robot development." Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/85854.

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This thesis presents the results from a modification of a previously existing research project titled the Intelligent Pothole Repair Vehicle (IPRV). The direction of the research in this thesis was changed toward the development of an industrially based mobile robot. The principal goal of this work was the demonstration of the Precision Mechatronics Lab (PML) robot. This robot should be capable of traversing any known distance while maintaining a minimal position error. An optical correction capability has been added with the addition of a webcam and the appropriate image processing software. The primary development goal was the ability to maintain the accuracy and performance of the robot with inexpensive and low-resolution hardware. Combining the two abilities of dead-reckoning and optical correction on a single platform will yield a robot with the ability to accurately travel any distance. As shown in this thesis, the additional capability of off-loading its visual processing tasks to a remote computer allows the PML robot to be developed with less expensive hardware. The majority of the literature research presented in this paper is in the area of visual processing. Various methods used in industry to accomplish robotic mobility, optical processing, image enhancement, and target interception have been presented. This background material is important in understanding the complexity of this field of research and the potential application of the work conducted in this thesis. The methods shown in this research can be extended to other small robotic vehicles, with two separate drive wheels. An empirical method based upon system identification was used to develop the motion controllers. This research demonstrates a successful combination of a dead-reckoning capability, an optical correction method, and a simplified controller methodology capable of accurate path following. Implementation of this procedure could be extended to multiple and inexpensive robots used in a manufacturing setting.

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Plante, Jean-Sébastien Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Dielectric elastomer actuators for binary robotics and mechatronics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35305.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. "February 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153). Future robotics and mechatronics applications will require systems that are simple, robust, lightweight and inexpensive. A suggested solution for future systems is binary actuation. Binary actuation is the mechanical analogy to digital electronics, where actuators "flip" between two discrete states. Systems can be simple since low-level feedback control, sensors, wiring and electronics are virtually eliminated. However, conventional actuators, such as DC motors and gearbox are not appropriate for binary robotics because they are complex, heavy, and expensive. This thesis proposes a new actuation technology for binary robotics and mechatronics based on dielectric elastomer (DE) technology. DE actuators are a novel class of polymer actuators that have shown promising low-cost performance. These actuators were not well understood and, as a result, faced major reliability problems. Fundamental studies conducted in this thesis reveal that reliable, high performance DE actuation based on highly viscoelastic polymers can be obtained at high deformation rates, when used under fast, intermittent motion. (cont.) Also, analytical models revealed that viscoelasticity and current leakage through the film govern performance. These results are verified by an in-depth experimental characterizion of DE actuation. A new DE actuator concept using multi-layered diamond-shaped films is proposed. Essential design tools such as reliability/performance trade-offs maps, scaling laws, and design optimization metrics are proposed. A unit binary module is created by combining DE actuators with bistable structures to provide intermittent motion in applications requiring long-duration stateholding. An application example of binary robots for medical interventions inside Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems illustrates the technology's potential. by Jean-Sébastien Plante. Ph.D.

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Vin, Jerry. "ROBOTIC FINGERSPELLING HAND FOR THE DEAF-BLIND." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1100.

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Because communication has always been difficult for people who are deaf-blind, The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI), in conjunction with the California Polytechnic State University Mechanical Engineering department, has commissioned the design, construction, testing, and programming of a robotic hand capable of performing basic fingerspelling to help bridge the communication gap. The hand parts were modeled using SolidWorks and fabricated using an Objet rapid prototyper. Its fingers are actuated by 11 Maxon motors, and its wrist is actuated by 2 Hitec servo motors. The motors are controlled by Texas Instruments L293D motor driver chips, ATtiny2313 slave microcontroller chips programmed to act as motor controllers, and a master ATmega644p microcontroller. The master controller communicates with a computer over a USB cable to receive sentences typed by a sighted user. The master controller then translates each letter into its corresponding hand gesture in the American Manual Alphabet and instructs each motor controller to move each finger joint into the proper position.

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Moretti, Mariana. "Estudo dinâmico e simulação de uma plataforma de Stewart com ênfase na implementação do sistema de controle." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/265375.

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Orientador: João Maurício Rosário Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T10:12:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moretti_Mariana_M.pdf: 12180551 bytes, checksum: 7061efe63e86e5ba1b21c21253c1ee35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 Resumo: Uma nova proposta de modelo dinâmico da Plataforma de Stewart é apresentada neste trabalho. Enquanto a cinemática inversa é usada para posicionar cada um dos seis braços do robô, o vetor de força que atua em seus deslocamentos é dado pelo torque de motores elétricos. A inércia em cada um dos pontos de apoio é aproximada por uma rigidez mecânica associada ao modulo de Young. Ainda, foi implementado um modelo dinâmico que usa a aproximação de Newton-Euler, amplamente aplicada na dinâmica inversa de robôs seriais, para o caso deste robô paralelo. Em ambas as abordagens, as equações foram implementadas em Matlab/SimulinkTM, e os resultados das simulações foram apresentados para validação das aproximações Abstract: A new proposal for a dynamic model of the Stewart platform is presented. While the inverse kinematics is used to position each of the six arms of the robot, the vector of force acting on the displacement is given by the torque of electric motors. The inertia in each of the support points is approximated by a mechanical stiffness associated with the Young modulus. Still, it was implemented a dynamic model that uses the Newton-Euler approach, widely applied in the inverse dynamics of serial robots, for the case of this parallel robot. In both approaches, the equations were implemented in Matlab/SimulinkTM, and the simulation results were presented for validation of the approaches Mestrado Mecanica dos Sólidos e Projeto Mecanico Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

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Refour, Eric Montez. "Design and Integration of a Form-Fitting General Purpose Robotic Hand Exoskeleton." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89647.

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This thesis explores the field of robotic hand exoskeletons and their applications. These systems have emerged in popularity over the years, due to their potentials to advance the medical field as assistive and rehabilitation devices, and the field of virtual reality as haptic gloves. Although much progress has been made, hand exoskeletons are faced with several design challenges that are hard to overcome without having some tradeoffs. These challenges include: (1) the size and weight of the system, which can affect both the comfort of wearing it and its portability, (2) the ability to impose natural joint angle relationships among the user's fingers and thumb during grasping motions, (3) safety in terms of limiting the range of motions produce by the system to that of the natural human hand and ensuring the mechanical design does not cause harm or injury to the user during usage, (4) designing a device that is user friendly to use, and (5) the ability to effectively perform grasping motions and provide sensory feedback for the system to be applicable in various application fields. In order to address these common issues of today's state-of-the-art hand exoskeleton systems, this thesis proposes a mechanism design for a novel hand exoskeleton and presents the integration of several prototypes. The proposed hand exoskeleton is designed to assist the user with grasping motions while maintaining a natural coupling relationship among the finger and thumb joints to resemble that of a normal human hand. The mechanism offers the advantage of being small-size and lightweight, making it ideal for prolong usage. Several applications are discussed to highlight the proposed hand exoskeleton functionalities in processing sensory information, such as position and interactive forces. MS

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Frankel, Joseph George. "Development of a Haptic Backhoe Testbed." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4980.

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A commercial backhoe has been modified for haptic control research at Georgia Tech's Fluid Power and Motion Control Center (FPMC). Electrohydraulic valves and feedback sensors have been retrofitted to the backhoe and interfaced with a haptic joystick through a computerized control system. The resulting system provides force feedback to the hand of the operator as he or she manipulates the bucket with the joystick in Cartesian space. This system has been constructed for use as a platform for ongoing research in the area of haptic controls for the fluid power industry. The work presented herein is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter introduces the haptic backhoe concept and provides some motivation for the project. The second chapter presents the current state of haptics-for-hydraulics research as presented in scientific literature. The third chapter presents kinematic and dynamic modeling of the haptic backhoe components for use both in simulation and control. The fourth chapter presents simulation results from the model derived in the preceeding chapter. The fifth chapter describes the design of the physical system. The sixth chapter presents initial test results of the backhoe moving under closed-loop haptic control. The last chapter describes the current state of the system and suggests several areas for future exploration. It is hoped that the haptic backhoe will continue to serve as a useful research tool for many years into the future.

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Lindestam, Algot, and David Lorang. "Design and Stability of a Quadruped Robot." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296171.

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We are currently in a revolution in robotics where more tasks are being handled by machines than ever before. For this reason, the goal of this project was to build a four-legged robot with an implementation of dynamic stability. The developed robot is a dog style robot with reversed knee joints. The robot is controlled by an Arduino UNO microcontroller, that processes information from a gyroscope to drive it’s servo motors. It is capable of maintaining it’s balance while standing on a varying incline. The motion is based upon an inverse kinematic model of the leg geometry and assumes a planar ground surface. I dagsläget ser vi en snabb expansion i användningen av robotar för att utföra alltmer avancerade uppgifter. På grund av detta var målet med detta projekt att utveckla en fyrbent robot med en enkel implementation av självbalansering. Den framtagna prototypen är en robot av hundstil med bakåtgående knän. Styrenheten är en Arduino UNO mikrokontroller. Med information från ett gyroskop styr denna roboten med hjälp av dess servomorer. Prototypen är kapabel att hålla balansen då den står på lutande underlag. Rörelsen är baserad på en kinematisk modell av bengeometrin och förutsätter en plan markyta.

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Ferreira, Tremaine Pierre. "Research and development of an intelligent AGV-based material handling system for industrial applications." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21711.

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The use of autonomous robots in industrial applications is growing in popularity and possesses the following advantages: cost effectiveness, job efficiency and safety aspects. Despite the advantages, the major drawback to using autonomous robots is the cost involved to acquire such robots. It is the aim of GMSA to develop a low cost AGV capable of performing material handling in an industrial environment. Collective autonomous robots are often used to perform tasks, that is, more than one working together to achieve a common goal. The intelligent controller, responsible for establishing coordination between the individual robots, plays a key role in managing the tasks of each robot to achieve the common goal. This dissertation addresses the development of an AGV capable of such functionality. Key research areas include: the development of an autonomous coupling system, integration of key safety devices and the development of an intelligent control strategy that can be used to govern the operation of multiple AGVs in an area.

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Post, Brian Karl. "Robust state estimation for the control of flexible robotic manipulators." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52193.

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In this thesis, a novel robust estimation strategy for observing the system state variables of robotic manipulators with distributed flexibility is established. Motivation for the derived approach stems from the observation that lightweight, high speed, and large workspace robotic manipulators often suffer performance degradation because of inherent structural compliance. This flexibility often results in persistent residual vibration, which must be damped before useful work can resume. Inherent flexibility in robotic manipulators, then, increases cycle times and shortens the operational lives of the robots. Traditional compensation techniques, those which are commonly used for the control of rigid manipulators, can only approach a fraction of the open-loop system bandwidth without inducing significant excitation of the resonant dynamics. To improve the performance of these systems, the structural flexibility cannot simply be ignored, as it is when the links are significantly stiff and approximate rigid bodies. One thus needs a model to design a suitable compensator for the vibration, but any model developed to correct this problem will contain parametric error. And in the case of very lightly damped systems, like flexible robotic manipulators, this error can lead to instability of the control system for even small errors in system parameters. This work presents a systematic solution for the problem of robust state estimation for flexible manipulators in the presence of parametric modeling error. The solution includes: 1) a modeling strategy, 2) sensor selection and placement, and 3) a novel, multiple model estimator. Modeling of the FLASHMan flexible gantry manipulator is accomplished using a developed hybrid transfer matrix / assumed modes method (TMM/AMM) approach to determine an accurate low-order state space representation of the system dynamics. This model is utilized in a genetic algorithm optimization in determining the placement of MEMs accelerometers for robust estimation and observability of the system’s flexible state variables. The initial estimation method applied to the task of determining robust state estimates under conditions of parametric modeling error was of a sliding mode observer type. Evaluation of the method through analysis, simulations and experiments showed that the state estimates produced were inadequate. This led to the development of a novel, multiple model adaptive estimator. This estimator utilizes a bank of similarly designed sub-estimators and a selection algorithm to choose the true value from a given set of possible system parameter values as well as the correct state vector estimate. Simulation and experimental results are presented which demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the derived method for the task of state variable estimation for flexible robotic manipulators.

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Ekman, Felix, and Sofia Hansson. "Pneumatic jumping car." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296101.

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As new challenges presents themselves continuously in today’s society the need for autonomous driving solutions is ever growing and with it: the need for creative solutions. This thesis investigates the pneumatic solution to making a car jump. The analysis of theoretical and testing results have demonstrated a correlation between the weight of the car and height of the jump. With the selected configuration it has been proven unattainable to make the car jump. Further research should look into the optimization of the pneumatic system, specifically the mass flow rate throughout the whole system. I dagens samhälle presenteras nya utmaningar dagligen och behovet av autonoma lösningar i fordon ökar ständigt. I takt med det ökar behovet av kreativa lösningar. Detta examensarbete undersöker pneumatiska lösningen bakom att få en bil att hoppa. Analysen av teoritiska och experimentiella resultat visar en korrelation mellan bilens vikt och den möjliga hopphöjden. Med den valda konfigurationen är det inte möjligt att utföra hoppet och åtgärder tas upp i disskusionen. Vidare forskning bör undersöka optimeringen av det pneumatiska systemet, specifikt på hur det maximala massflödet kan uppnås i systemet.

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Craig, David. "Modeling and Control of a Magnetically Levitated Microrobotic System." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2844.

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Magnetically levitated microrobotic systems have shown a great deal of promise for micromanipulation tasks. A new large-gap magnetic suspension system has recently been developed at the University of Waterloo in order to develop microrobotic systems for various applications. In order to achieve motion with the system, a model is needed in order to facilitate the design of various aspects of the system, such as the microrobot and the controller. In order to derive equations of motion for the system attempts were made to characterize the force produced by the magnetic drive unit in terms of a simple analytical equation. The force produced by the magnetic drive unit was estimated with the aid of a finite element model. The derived equations were able to predict the general trend of the force curves, and with sufficient parameter tweaking the error between the force estimated by the finite element model and the force estimated by the analytical equation could be minimized. System models describing the motion of the system in the horizontal and vertical directions are identified and compared to the actual system response. The vertical position response is identified through a least squares parameter estimate of the closed loop response combined with a partial reconstruction of the root locus diagram, with the model structure based on the known dynamics of a simplified form of magnetic levitation. This model was able to provide a reasonable prediction of the system response for a variety of PID controllers under a variety of input conditions. The horizontal models are identified using a least-squares parameter estimate of the open loop characteristics of the system. The horizontal models are able to provide a reasonable prediction of the system response under PD and PID control. Full spatial motion of a microrobot prototype is demonstrated over a working range of 20x22x30 mm3, with PID controller parameters and reference trajectories adjusted to minimize disturbances. The RMS error at steady state is on the order of 0. 020 mm for vertical positioning and 0. 008 mm for horizontal positioning. A linear quadratic regulator implemented for vertical position control was able to reduce the vertical position RMS error to 0. 014 mm.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 拓也川村 та ін. "ヒトの表面粗さ認識機構を模倣した触覚認識システム". 日本機械学会, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9059.

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OHKA, Masahiro, Takuya KAWAMURA, Tatsuya ITAHASHI, Jyun-ichi TAKAYANAGI, Tetsu MIYAOKA, and Yasunaga MITSUYA. "A Tactile Recognition System Mimicking Human Mechanism for Recognizing Surface Roughness." The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9063.

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Sawczuk, Michal Gabriel. "Design and control of a 3D printed, 6DoF robot arm." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-295797.

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The purpose of this thesis was to design, construct and control a robotic arm with six degrees of freedom. The arm should be able to do simple tasks such as pick and place with good accuracy and without using external sensors. This thesis investigates the precision and the strength of the constructed robot arm. The arm was constructed using 3D printed parts and commonly available hardware such as threaded rods, bearings, screws and nuts. Each axis uses a combination of pulleys and belts in order to achieve desired torque. A differential transmission was implemented in four of the axes in order to combine the power of the motors and reduce weight in the upper parts of the arm. The robot is driven by six stepper motors that are controlled by a combination of RAMPS 1.4 shield and Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller. The user can manipulate each axis by sending commands to the Arduino through an USB cable. The commands are generated with the help of a simple user interface written in Python. Experiments have shown that the arm has an average error increase of 0.0289-0.1356 mm for each movement, depending on the chosen speed. The maximum amount ofweight that the arm can hold in the worst case scenario is 0.84 kg. Syftet med denna avhandling var att designa, konstruera och kontrollera en robotarm med sex frihetsgrader. Armen ska kunna utföra enkla uppgifter som pick-and-place med god noggrannhet och utan användning av externa sensorer. Denna avhandling underosöker precisionen och styrkan hos den konstruerade robotarmen. Armen konstruerades med 3D-printade delar och läattillgänglig hårdvara som gängstänger, lager, skruvar och muttrar. Varje axel använder en kombination av kuggremskivor och kuggremmar för att uppnå önskat moment. En differentialväxel användes i fyra av axlarna för att kombinera motorernas moment och minska vikten i armens övre delar. Roboten drivs av sex stegmotorer som styrs av en kombinationav RAMPS 1.4-shield och Arduino Mega 2560 mikrokontroller. Användaren kan styra varje axel genom att skicka kommandon till Arduinon via en USB-kabel. Kommandona genereras med hjälp av ett enkelt användargränssnitt skrivet i Python. Experiment har visat att armen har en genomsnittlig felökning på 0,0289-0,1356 mm för varje rörelse, beroende på vald hastighet. Den högsta vikt som armen i värsta fallkan håalla är 0,84 kg.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 行宏毛利 та ін. "分布圧覚ディスプレイ装置による仮想形状呈示". 日本機械学会, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9060.

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Morris, Melissa. "Robot Control for Remote Ophthalmology and Pediatric Physical Rehabilitation." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3350.

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The development of a robotic slit-lamp for remote ophthalmology is the primary purpose of this work. In addition to novel mechanical designs and implementation, it was also a goal to develop a control system that was flexible enough to be adapted with minimal user adjustment to various styles and configurations of slit-lamps. The system was developed with intentions of commercialization, so common hardware was used for all components to minimize the costs. In order to improve performance using this low-cost hardware, investigations were made to attempt to achieve better performance by applying control theory algorithms in the system software. Ultimately, the controller was to be flexible enough to be applied to other areas of human-robot interaction including pediatric rehabilitation via the use of humanoid robotic aids. This application especially requires a robust controller to facilitate safe interaction. Though all of the prototypes were successfully developed and made to work sufficiently with the control hardware, the application of advanced control did not yield notable gains as was hoped. Further investigations were made attempting to alter the performance of the control system, but the components selected did not have the physical capabilities for improved response above the original software implemented. Despite this disappointment, numerous novel advances were made in the area of teleoperated ophthalmic technology and pediatric physical rehabilitation tools. This includes a system that is used to remote control a slit-lamp and lens for examinations and some laser procedures. Secondly, a series of of humanoid systems suitable for both medical research and therapeutic modeling were developed. This included a robotic face used as an interactive system for ophthalmic testing and training. It can also be used as one component in an interactive humanoid robotic system that includes hands and arms to allow use of teaching sign language, social skills or modeling occupational therapy tasks. Finally, a humanoid system is presented that can serve as a customized surrogate between a therapist and client to model physical therapy tasks in a realistic manner. These systems are all functional, safe and low-cost to allow for feasible implementation with patients in the near future.

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Ozkil, Gurcan Ali. "Guidelines For Building Experimental Mobile Robots With Off-the-shelf Components." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609363/index.pdf.

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Robotics is an emerging field, and it is also affecting several other fields. Design of robotic platforms gains more importance since the focus and aim of the robotics research broadens widely and the variety of the users is significant. This work aims to present the design of a modular mobile robotic platform, which should be simple, easy to build and easy to use. The concept of modularity, usage of off-the shelf components and utilizing a PC platform, are addressed in this work. As a result of this work, a conceptual design is presented, and a prototype is built to highlight some important aspects of the conceptual design.

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WALLÉN, KIESSLING ALEXANDER, and NICLAS MÄÄTTÄ. "Anthropomorphic Robot Arm." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279804.

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Robot manipulators are commonly used in today's industrial applications. In this report a 3D-printed anthropomorphic robot arm with three degrees of freedom was constructed. The robot arm operates with the use of a microcontroller and servomotors. Through utilizing the Denavit-Hartenberg method and inverse kinematics the robot’s end effector is able to reach a specified point in space. This report has found that the accuracy of the constructed robotic manipulator reaching a specific coordinate depends on the distance of the end effector from its base. The relative error of the constructed robot’s positioning falls within 1.3- 6.9%, with a 99% confidence. Robotmanipulatorer är idag vanligt förekommande i industriella applikationer. I denna rapport konstrueras en 3D-printad antropomorf robotarm med tre frihetsgrader. Robotarmen styrs med hjälp av en mikrokontroller och servomotorer. Baserat på DenavitHartenberg metoden och inverskinematik kan robotens ändpunkt ta sig till en specificerad punkt i rummet. Vidare har rapporten funnit att den konstruerade robotens exakthet beror på avståndet emellan robotens manipulator och dess bas. Det relativa felet av robotens positionering ligger inom intervallet 1.3-6.9% med en 99% konfidens.

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Nilsson, Simon, and Johan Widmark. "PIPER : Robot for vertical in-pipe climbing." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264440.

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In old houses, the pipes can often be in poor conditions and require cleaning to improve air quality. There are robotic solutions to this problem but often only for large industrial pipes and not for regular pipes that you would find in your home. Pipes can often be hard to access and even harder to determine the pipe’s condition. This thesis aims to research and build a small robot that can travel through pipes, gather footage and attempt to clean them. The goal is to create a robot that can climb vertically in pipes, record video inside of the pipes and detect obstacles. After research was done a prototype was built. The prototype uses spring loaded pistons that pushes wheels against the walls of the pipes to provide friction for vertical travel. To be able to perform all these tasks, the robot uses tools that can be exchanged depending on what needs to done. The ability to turn in pipes has been ignored in this thesis due to time restrictions but could be done as future work. The resulting prototype is a robot that can steadily travel vertically through pipes, carry its own weight of 750 grams and an additional load of up to 500 grams. The robot is able to stop at pre-determined locations by measuring the distance it has travelled by using a hall-effect sensor. I gamla hus kan ventilationsrör ofta vara i dåligt skick och vara i behov av städning eller reparation för att öka luftkvalitén. Det finns robotar som loser detta problem men de är ofta skapade för stora industriella rör och inte för rör som man hittar hemma. Rör kan ofta vara svåra att komma åt och det kan vara ännu svårare att veta vilket skick rören är i. Det här projektet ska ta fram en liten robot som kan färdas genom rör och spela in video. Om tid finns, ska den också städa upp i rören. Målet med projektet är att skapa en robot som kan klättra vertikalt i rör, spela in video inuti rören och upptäcka hinder. Efter forskning så byggdes en prototyp. Prototypen använder fjädrade kolvar som trycker hjulen mot väggarna i röret och utvecklar därmed friktion för att kunna färdas vertikalt. För att kunna utföra uppgifterna så kommer roboten att kunna använda olika verktyg som byts ut beroende på vad som behöver utföras. Möjligheten att kunna svänga i rören har ignorerats i det här projektet på grund av tidsbegränsning men bör ses över vid framtida utveckling. Den slutgiltiga prototypen är en robot som kan färdas stabilit vertikalt genom rör, lyfta sin egna vikt på 750 gram och en extra vikt på upp till 500 gram. Roboten kan också stanna vid förbestämda platser då den kan mäta hur långt den färdats genom att använda en hall effekt sensor.

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Labbé, Anton, and Benjamin Ström. "Construction of a Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm : And evaluation of its accuracy." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296163.

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The concept of a robotic manipulator is widely used throughout many industries. In this project, a manipulator of the type SCARA, selective compliance articulated robot arm, is constructed. The aim was to examine how such a robot could be constructed using 3D-printing and how accurate it would be. Other than 3D-printing, parts in the form of guiding rods, lead screw, bearings, pulleys and timing belts were used. Together with a microcontroller, the robot operates using three stepper motors. In the end it resulted in a SCARA with reasonable accuracy considering the methods used, more specifically the largest average error was 3.6cm in the X direction and 2.3 cm in the Y direction. The largest drawback of the final construction was the negative balance between tightening the belts and friction in the inner joint. Tightening the belts meant larger friction and thereby undesired movement properties. Doing the opposite meant that the belts could start slipping and enabled backlash. Konceptet av en robotarm används brett inom många industrier. Detta projekt syftar till att konstruera en robot avtypen SCARA, selective compliance articulated robot arm. Målet var att undersöka hur en sådan robot kan 3D-printas och dess precision. Förutom 3D-printade delar användes även guidestänger, kullager, kamremmar och remskivor. Robotens rörelser styrs tillsammans med en mikrokontroller och tre stegmotorer. Med tillvägagångssätten i åtanke resulterade projektet in en SCARA med rimlig precision. Mer specifikt var medelfelet 3.6 cm i X-led och 2.3 cm i Y-led. Den största nackdelen med den slutgiltiga konstruktionenvar den negativa jämvikten mellan att spänna kamremmarna och friktionen i den inre armleden. Att spänna kamremmarna innebar en ökning i friktion och därmed oönskade rörelseegenskaper. Att göra tvärtom innebar att bältena löpte större risk att glida ur och möjliggjorde dödgång.

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Chan, Darren Michael. "Telepresence: Design, Implementation and Study of an HMD-controlled Avatar with a Mechatronic Approach." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1395.

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Telepresence describes technologies that allow users to remotely experience the sensation of being present at an event without being physically present. An avatar exists to represent the user whilst in a remote location and is tasked to collect stimuli from its immediate surroundings to be delivered to the user for consumption. With the advent of recent developments in Virtual Reality technology, viz., head-mounted displays (HMDs), new possibilities have been enabled in the field of Telepresence. The main focus of this thesis is to develop a solution for visual Telepresence, where an HMD is used to control the direction of a camera‟s viewpoint, such that the user‟s head is tracked by the avatar, while providing visual feedback to the user. The design and development of the device follows a mechatronic approach, where a real time operating system (RTOS) is used in conjunction with a microcontroller for mechanical actuator control. The first-generation prototype, HOG-1 (HMD-Operated Gimbal, rev. 1), developed for this thesis serves as a foundation for study; the implementation and analysis of the prototype contributes to the state of the art by providing a clearer glimpse of hardware and software requirements that are necessary to construct an improved model. Additionally, qualitative and quantitative measurements are developed in the process of this research.

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Chiang, Shun Fan. "The development of a low-cost robotic visual tracking system : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, Mechatronics at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/996.

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This thesis describes a system which is able to track and imitate human motion. The system is divided into two major parts: computer vision system and robot arm motion control system. Through the use of two real-time video cameras, computer vision system identifies the moving object depending on the colour features, as the object colour is matched within the colour range in the current image frame, a method that employs two vectors is used to calculate the coordinates of the object. After the object is detected and tracked coordinates are saved to a pre-establish database in the purpose of further data processing, a mathematical algorithm is performed to the data in order to give a better robotic motion control. Robot arm manipulator responds with a move within its workspace which corresponds to a consequential human-type motion. Experimental outcomes have shown that the system is reliable and can successfully imitate a human hand motion in most cases.

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ANFLO, FREDRIK. "M8 the Four-legged Robot." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279836.

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In recent times robots are becoming more and more common. They are everywhere. Walking, running, swimming, flying and many of them have much in common with the creatures inhabiting this planet. A lot of it in order to make them appeal more to us, instead of simply being portrayed as stone cold machines. Continuing on the path evolution has laid out before us seems to be a wise decision to make, aspiring to efficiently utilize our knowledge about science and engineering with the vision of improving our future. With the intention to simulate a four legged animal and evaluate the means of interacting with one´s surrounding, a quadruped locomotion system together with two types of sound and voice interacting systems have been assessed. A demonstrator was built to test the real world problems and decide what kind of interacting that is most beneficial. The results indicate that voice commands and speech recognition, rather than sounds from the environment are more practical and robust as a way of interacting with one´s surroundings. På senare tider har robotar blivit mer och mer vanliga. De är överallt. Gående, springande, simmande, flygande och många av dem har mycket gemensamt med de varelser som lever på denna jord. Mycket av detta för att tilltala oss mer, istället för att framstå som enbart iskalla maskiner. Att fortsätta på den väg som evolutionen har lagt framför oss verkar vara ett vist beslut att ta, i strävan efter att effektivt utnyttja våra kunskaper i vetenskap och ingenjörskonst med visionen om att förbättra vår framtid. Med målet att simulera ett fyrbent djur och utvärdera möjligheterna till att interagera med ens omgivning, har ett fyrbent förflyttningssystem tillsammans med två typer av ljud och röstsystem tagits fram. En prototyp kontruerades för att testa de problem som uppstår i den verkliga värden och för att kunna bedöma vilket sätt att interagera som visar vara sig mest fördelaktigt. Resultaten indikerar att röstkommandon och röstigenkänning, snarare än ljuddetektion från omgivningen är mer praktiska och robusta som ett sätt att interagera med sin närmiljö.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 拓也川村 та ін. "ヒトの表面粗さ弁別に及ぼす触運動速度の影響". 日本機械学会, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9061.

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Stenow, Samuel, and Simon Lindenfors. "Omnidirectional Quadruped Robot." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296183.

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There are a lot of quadruped robots in the world, but few are omnidirectional. Therefore this thesis describes the production and design process of such a robot. Examining earlier quadruped robots determined that a central microcontroller is required to control it, and servo motors are used to power the robots joints. Reaserch also determined the base of the mathematical methods used. Additionally, there are multiple types of sprawling gaits, ranging from statically stable to dynamically stable. In this project astatically stable gait is used. The thesis illustrates the mathematical models used to define the omnidirectional movement, and describes the code used to implement it. The result is a robot that can move omnidirectionally, both normally and upside down. The results show that there is a deviation depending upon the direction, but it is small. The main advantage of omnidirectionallity is the ability to change movement direction without stopping or turning. It also enables directional adjustment without requiring any steps. Det här projektet gick ut på att skapa en krypande fyrbent robot som kan gå i alla riktningar utan att rotera runt sitt eget centrum. Det finns idag redan ett stort antal olika fyrbenta robotar, men få kan gå i alla riktningar. Därav så beskriver den här rapporten framtagningen och designprocessen för en sådan robot. Undersökning av fyrbenta robotar visade att en mikrokontroller är nödvändigför att kontrollera roboten och servomotorer bör användas för att driva lederna. Förstudeierna gav även basen för de matematiska modellerna som används for rörelserna, samt vetskapen om ett flertal olika typer av gångstilar, allt från statiskt stabil till dynamiskt stabil. I det här projektet beskrivs de matematiska modellerna som används för att definiera rörelsen i alla riktningar och hur dessa appliceras i programmeringen av roboten. Resultatet blev en robot som kan gå i alla riktningar utan att rotera runt sitt centrum, både normalt och uppochner. Detta ger möjligheten att byta rörelse riktning utan att behöva stanna eller vända sig, samt möjliggör även riktnings korrektioner utan att kräva extra steg.

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Dahroug, Bassem. "Micro-Robotic Cholesteatoma Surgery : clinical requirements analysis and image-based control under constraints." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018UBFCD016/document.

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Une maladie appelée cholestéatome affecte l'oreille moyenne, en absence de traitement, elle pourrait conduire à des complications graves. Le seul traitement dans la pratique médicale actuelle est une procédure chirurgicale. Les incidences de cholestéatome résiduelle ou récurrente sont élevés et le patient doit subir plus d'une intervention chirurgicale. Par conséquent, un système robotique original a été proposé pour d'éliminer l'incidence du cholestéatome résiduel en enlevant efficacement toutes les cellules infectées de la première intervention chirurgicale, et de faire une chirurgie moins invasive. Ainsi, ce manuscrit montre les différents défis auxquels fait face le chirurgien à travers une telle micro-procédure. Il est également défini le cahier de charge pour la réalisation d'un système futuriste dédié à la chirurgie du cholestéatome. En outre, un contrôleur est proposé comme un première étape vers le système idéal. Un tel contrôleur permet de guider un outil chirurgical rigide afin de suivre un chemin de référence sous les contraintes du trou d'incision. Le contrôleur proposé peut guider soit un outil droit, soit un outil courbe. En effet, le contrôleur proposé est une commande de haut niveau qui es formulé dans l'espace de tâche (ou espace Cartésien). Ce contrôleur est une couche modulaire qui peut être ajoutée à différentes structures robotiques. Le contrôleur proposé a montré de bons résultats en termes de précision tout en étant évalué sur un robot parallèle et un robot en série A disease called cholesteatoma affects the middle ear, in the absence of treatment, it could lead to serious complications. The only treatment in current medical practice is a surgical procedure. Incidences of residual or recurrent cholesteatoma are high and the patient may have more than one surgical procedure. Therefore, a novel robotic system was proposed to eliminate the incidence of residual cholesteatoma by removing efficiently all infected cells from the first surgery, and make a less invasive surgery. Thus, this manuscript shows the different challenges that face the surgeon through such a micro-procedure. It also is specified the requirements for achieving a futuristic system dedicated to cholesteatoma surgery. In addition, a controller is proposed as a first step toward the ideal system. Such a controller allows to guide a rigid surgical tool for following a reference path under the constraints of the incision hole. The proposed controller can guide either a straight tool or a curved one. Indeed, the proposed controller is a high level control which is formulated in the task-space (or Cartesian-space). This controller is a modular layer which can be added to different robotics structures. The proposed controller showed a good results in term of accuracy while assessed on a parallel robot and a serial one

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Ottosson, Joachim, and Niklas Renström. "aMAZEing robot : A method for automatic maze solving." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264491.

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The purpose of this report was to examine a method for automatic maze solving by developing a robot that can find a specific target within a maze. On this basis, a Arduino based robot was constructed. The steering mechanism was constructed in a way that supports differential steering which enables zero radius turns which is preferred in narrow spaces. The intersection detection as well as the method for defining which type of intersection occurring was based on three distance sensor mounted in front and on the left and right side of the robot. The target detection was based on a IR sensor. A feedback controller was applied on the left Ultrasonic sensor enabling the robot to keep a reference distance to the wall. The feedback system also enabled the robot to straighten up when taking to big or small turns. The robot was able to both detect and define what kind of intersection occurring as well as detect the specific target. The execution of the correct operation by detected intersection was calculated to 80% - 100% and the target was found 100% out of the test made. The definition of ”correct operation” in this report was when the robot detected a intersection, and executed the operation that was in accordance with the implemented algorithm. The rotational error, that is the quantity of degrees from the desired turn angle, occurring when the robot executed different operations was calculated to 3.5◦ - 9.5◦ . The robot started to oscillate due to angles grater than 19.5◦ when the left distance sensor was facing the wall which made the robot less able to follow a path and straighten up. Syftet med denna rapport var att undersöka en metod för automatiserad labyrintlösning genom att utveckla en robot som kan finna ett specifikt mål i en labyrint. På dessa grunder konstruerades en arduinobaserad robot. Styrmekanismen konstruerades på sådant sätt att differentialstyrning var möjlig vilket tillät svängar utan svängradie, vilket är att föredra vid trånga utrymmen. Vägkorsningsdetekteringen samt metoden för att bestämma vilken typ av vägkorsning som förekommer baserades på tre distansmätare. Dessa var monterade på robotens front samt på höger och vänster sida. Måldetekteringen var baserad på en IR sensor. Ett system medåterkoppling implementerades på den vänstra distansmätaren för att få roboten att hålla ett referensavstånd till väggen. Detta möjliggjorde även så att vägen kunde följas på ett optimalt sätt samt att roboten kunde rätas upp vid för stora eller för små tagna svängar. Roboten lyckades både detektera samt definiera vilken typ av vägkorsning som uppstod likväl som att detektera det specifika målet. Andelen utförda korrekta operationer vid detekterande av vägkorsning beräknades till 80% - 100% av fallen och målet detekterades 100% av gångerna vid det gjorda testerna. Definitionen av ”korrekt operaton ”i denna rapport var då roboten upptäckte en vägkorsning och utförde den operation som var i enlighet med den implementerade algoritmen. Rotationsfelet, det vill säga antalet grader från den önskade svängvinkeln, som uppstod vid de olika operationerna beräknades till 3.5◦ - 9.5◦ . Roboten började att oscillera vid vinklar större än 19.5◦ då den vänstra distansmätaren var vänd mot väggen vilket gjorde roboten mindre duglig att följa väggen samt att rätas upp.

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Tavsel, Onur Keçeci Emin Faruk. "Mechatronic design of an explosive ordnance disposal robot/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2005. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezlerengelli/master/makinamuh/T000347.pdf.

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Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute Of Technology, İzmir, 2005. Mechatronic systems, robots, explosive ordnance disposal robot, control in task space. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 55-56).

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Antonsson, Tess, and Sofia Jönsson. "Pac-King : Placement of IR Sensors on Line Following Robot and Construction of a Gripper and Lift." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264510.

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Line following robots are a practical mechatronics solution in a world that is becoming more and more automated. With added gripping and lifting abilities, a very versatile robot can be created. The goal of this thesis was to create a prototype that could navigate a black line using infrared sensors whilst gripping and lifting a package. A working prototype was built and five different sensor placements were evaluated to assess which was optimal for linefollowing. The results showed that too close placement of the sensors led to a less stable system while more distance between the sensors made a faster and more accurate system. Linjeföljarrobotar är en praktisk mekatroniklösning i en värld som blir allt mer automatiserad. Med grepp- och lyftförmågor kan en väldigt anpassningsbar robot skapas. Målet med detta arbete var att skapa en prototyp som kunde navigera en svart linje med hjälp av infraröda sensorer medan den greppade och lyfte ett paket. En fungerande prototyp byggdes och fem olika sensorplaceringar utvärderades för att bedöma vilken som var optimal för att följa en linje. Resultatet visade att för nära placering av sensorerna skapade instabilitet. Ett större avstånd mellan sensorerna var att föredra då detta gav ett snabbare och stabilare system.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 制. 東岡 та ін. "光学式マイクロ三軸触覚センサの試作". 日本機械学会, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9062.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 浩嗣古賀 та ін. "高密度ピンアレイ形触覚マウスによる格子状仮想テクスチャ呈示 (第１報,触覚マウスの試作と性能評価実験法の確立)". 日本機械学会, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9056.

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Maisser, Peter, and Peter Tenberge. "Advanced Driving Systems." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2002. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200201248.

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Modern product development is a highly complex process characterized by a pronounced interdisciplinary cooperation. Interdisciplinary cooperation accompanied with firm strategic and integrating concep ts leads to innovation potentials in context of cooperative product engineering. The phrase "Mechatronics" represents exactly these novel methodological concepts in the developing process of innova tive products with highly innovative functionality and structure. The concept Mechatronics has been exemplary proven successfully in high-tech sectors. A glance at the automobile or high speed train technology gives an impressive and pursuing figure of the far reach ing Mechatronics philosophy. SME in general have not enough research and development resources to their disposal in order to comply with the ever increasing market demands. Ways out of this dilemma are strategic alliances on one hand and the education of young "Mechatronicans" at universities on the other hand. ISOM 2002 aims to contribute by inviting SME representatives and students from universities and supplementary instit utions in Saxony. The key words of Mechatronics are sensors and actuators, integrated control strategies, modeling and simulation, effective design, safety and reliability. The symposium focuses on state-of-the-art in Mechatronics, especially regarding to controlled high precision systems and particularly to novel electromechanical driving systems. It will point toward future research directions in these subjects. ISOM 2002 is intended as a forum for those engineers and researchers from universities and industry in and outside Europe who actively participate in the young field of Mechatronics and uphold the old spirit of exchanging theoretical and practical results within the scientific community Die moderne industrielle Produktentwicklung ist ein hochkomplexer Prozess, der gekennzeichnet ist durch eine stark ausgeprägte interdisziplinäre Arbeit. Diese Interdisziplinarität gepaart mit fundiert en Strategie- und Integrationskonzepten führt zu erheblichen Innovationspotentialen im kooperativen Produkt-Engineering. Das Kunstwort Mechatronik steht genau für dieses neuartige methodologische Konz ept im Entwicklungsprozess innovativer Produkte mit einem hohen Integrationsgrad von Funktionalität und Struktur. Die Industrie hat in vielen High-Tech-Bereichen das Konzept Mechatronik beispielhaft realisiert. Ein Blick auf die Automobil- und Hochgeschwindigkeitszugtechnik zeigt in eindrucksvoller Weise die Tr agfähigkeit der Mechatronik-Philosophie. KMU verfügen oft nicht über das erforderliche FuE-Personal und die entsprechenden materiellen Ressourcen, um das enorme Entwicklungstempo mitzugehen. Wege zur Überwindung dieser Defizite sind strategi sche Allianzen und eine gezielte Ausbildung von Mechatronikern an Hoch- und Fachschulen. Auch hierzu soll das Symposium einen Beitrag leisten, indem insbesondere Vertreter von KMU und Studenten der ga stgebenden Universität sowie anderer Hochschuleinrichtungen Sachsens eingeladen wurden. Zu den Schlüsselworten in der Mechatronik gehören Sensoren und Aktoren, integrierte Steuerstrategien, Modellierung und Simulation, effektiver Entwurf, Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit. Der derzeitige Sta nd der Mechatronikforschung, vor allem mit Blick auf hochgenaue, gesteuerte mechatronische Systeme und insbesondere neuartige integrierte elektromechanische Antriebssysteme, soll im Mittelpunkt dieses Symposiums stehen. Auch zukünftige Forschungsaufgaben für die Grundlagen- und anwendungsorientierte Forschung in den genannten Themenbereichen sollen aufgezeigt werden. Das Symposium versteht sich als Treffpunkt für diejenigen Forscher und Entwickler, die in Europa an Hochschulen ebenso wie in der Industrie auf diesem Gebiet aktiv sind und sich auf einen Austausch th eoretischer, experimenteller und anwendungsspezifischer Erfahrungen, die bei der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit auf dem noch jungen Gebiet der Mechatronik erlangt wurden, freuen

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Christiane, Peter-John. "Development of a minimally invasive robotic surgical manipulator." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4497.

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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2009. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Minimal invasive surgery (MIS) enables surgeons to operate through a few small incisions made in the patient’s body. Through these incisions, long rigid instruments are inserted into the body and manipulated to perform the necessary surgical tasks. Conventional instruments, however, are constrained by having only five degrees of freedom (DOF), as well as having scaled and mirrored movements, thereby limiting the surgeon’s dexterity. Surgeons are also deprived of depth perception and hand-eye coordination due to only having two-dimensional visual feedback. Surgical robotics attempt to alleviate these drawbacks by increasing dexterity, eliminating the fulcrum effect and providing the surgeon with three-dimensional visualisation. This reduces the risks to the patient as well as to the surgeon. However, existing MIS systems are extremely expensive and bulky in operating rooms, preventing their more widespread adoption. In this thesis, a new, inexpensive seven-DOF primary slave manipulator (PSM) is presented. The four-DOF wrist is actuated through a tendon mechanism driven by five 12 VDC motors. A repeatability study on the wrist’s joint position was done and showed a standard deviation of 0.38 degrees. A strength test was also done and demonstrated that the manipulator is able to resist a 10 N opposing tip force and is capable of a theoretical gripping force of 15 N. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Minimale indringende chirurgie (MIC) maak dit vir chirurge moontlik om operasies uit te voer deur ’n paar klein insnydings wat op die pasiënt se liggaam gemaak word. Deur hierdie insnydings word lang onbuigsame instrumente in die liggaam ingesit en gemanipuleer om die nodige chirurgiese take uit te voer. Konvensionele instrumente is egter beperk vanweë die feit dat hulle net vyf vryheidsgrade het, asook afgeskaalde bewegings en spieëlbewegings, en gevolglik die chirurg se handvaardigheid beperk. Chirurge word ook ontneem van dieptewaarneming en hand-oog-koördinasie, want hulle is beperk tot tweedimensionele visuele terugvoer. Chirurgiese robotika poog om hierdie nadele aan te spreek deur handvaardigheid te vermeerder, die hefboomeffek uit te skakel en die chirurg driedimensionele visualisering te bied. Dit verminder die risiko’s vir die pasiënt én vir die chirurg. Bestaande MIC-stelsels is egter uiters duur en neem baie plek op in teaters, wat verhoed dat hulle op ’n groter skaal gebruik word. In hierdie tesis word ’n nuwe, goedkoop sewevryheidsgrade- primêre slaafmanipuleerder (PSM) voorgelê. Die viervryheidsgrade-pols word beweeg deur ’n tendonmeganisme wat aangedryf word deur vyf 12 VDC-motors. ’n Herhaalbaarheidstudie is op die pols se gewrigsposisie gedoen, wat ’n standaardafwyking van 0.38 grade aangetoon het. ’n Sterktetoets is ook gedoen en het gewys dat die manipuleerder in staat is om ’n 10 N-teenkantelkrag te weerstaan en dat dit oor ’n teoretiese greepsterkte van 15 N beskik.

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大岡, 昌博, Masahiro OHKA, 浩嗣古賀 та ін. "高密度ピンアレイ形触覚マウスによる格子状仮想テクスチャ呈示 (第２報,触知ピン間隔,テクスチャ密度および畝高さの検討)". 日本機械学会, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9055.

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Edgar, Alexander Montero Vera. "Virtual Commissioning of an industrialwood cutter machine : A software in the loop simulation." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-77401.

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The methods used today for the commissioning and validation of industrial machines requires theconstruction of physical prototypes. Those prototypes help the engineers to e.g. validate if theprogram code meant to control a machine works as intended. In recent years the development ofnew techniques for the commissioning and validation of industrial machines has changed rapidlythanks to the development of new software. The method used in this thesis is called simulationin the loop. Another method that can be benecial to use is hardware in the loop. Using thosemethods for the commissioning of a machine is called virtual commissioning. The simulation inthe loop method is used to simulate both the machine and the control system that operate thatmachine. This is called a digital twin, a virtual copy of the physical hardware and its control systemthat can be used without the need for a real prototype to be available.The software used in this thesis comes all from the company Siemens and those are TIA Portal,Mechatronics Concept Designer, SIMIT and PLCSim Advanced. By using those programs it waspossible to build a digital twin with rigid body dynamics and its control system of the industrialmodel that was given by the company Renholmen AB. This model contained all the necessarycomponents needed for a virtual commissioning project to be done without the need to be at thefactory oor.The results showed that it was possible to achieve a real time simulation, allowing the possibilityto trim the controller parameters without the need of a physical prototype. Design errors were alsofound thanks to the results of the simulation.This new technique has shown to be a useful tool due to most of the work could be done on a digitalmodel of the machine. Simulations can reduce the time to market for industrial machines and alsohelp engineers to validate and optimize the product at an early stage. This tool that can be usedto validate industrial machines before they are created.

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Anderson, Ellen, and Martin Granlöf. "Get a Grip : Dynamic force adjustment in robotic gripper." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264515.

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Autonomous mobile robots are on the rise and are to be expected on the market in about 5-10 years. Several challenges need to be solved for this to happen, and the most crucial ones are to develop versatile and safe robots. The Get a Grip robot is a dynamic force adjustment gripper using inputs from two different sensory systems. The construction of the robot consists of two parallel gripper plates moved by a rack and pinion gear attached to a direct current (DC) motor. Embedded into one of the plates is a Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR) for input of the gripper’s exerted force. Mounted to the other plate is a self constructed Slip sensor used for measuring the occurrence of slip and slip rate. A surrounding crane for mounting of the gripper and lifting was also constructed. The idea of this bachelor’s thesis project is to enable lifting of objects with unknown weight without the gripper exerting more force than necessary. This is something that will be useful in both industrial applications and in household robots in the future. In order to realize the concept two different methods for calculating the gripper’s applied force were tested, one using motor current and the other using a FSR sensor. Through testing it was concluded that the FSR sensor was the method giving better accuracy and consistency. Proportional–Integral–Derivative (PID) controllers were then tested for both setting force references for the gripper using the Slip sensor as input, and controlling the exerted force in the gripper using the FSR as input. The results led to two PID controllers thought to be sufficient as starting points for further testing of the complete system. Mobila autonoma robotar förväntas vara på marknaden inom de närmaste 5-10 åren. För att det här ska ske är det många utmaningar som behöver lösas och de mest kritiska är att utveckla mångsidiga och säkra robotar. Get a Grip-roboten är en dynamisk kraftanpassande robotklo som tar insignaler från två olika sensorsystem. Konstruktionen består av två parallella plattor som förflyttas av kuggstänger och kugghjul drivna av en DC motor. Inbyggt i en av kloplattorna finns en tryckkänslig kraftsensor (FSR) monterad för att registrera kraften som klon genererar. På den andra kloplattan sitter en egenkonstruerad glidsensor som registrerar om glidning sker och själva glidhastighet. En kran för att montera klon och lyfta den konstruerades även. Idén bakom detta kandidatexamens projektet är att klon ska kunna lyfta ett objekt med okänd vikt utan att använda mer kraft än nödvändigt. Det är något som kommer vara användbart både vid industriella tillämpningar och hos husållsrobotar i framtiden. För att realisera konceptet testades två olika metoder för att estimera kraften klon genererar, den första genom motorströmmen och den andra genom en FSR sensor. Tester genomfördes för båda metoderna och slutsatsen blev att FSR sensorn gav bäst noggrannhet och var mest konsekvent. PID-regulatorn, för bestämning av kraftreferens, med insignal från glidsensorn och PID-regulatorn, för genererad klokraft, med insignal från FSR:n testades separat. Resultatet blev två PID-regulatorer som ansågs tillräckliga för fortsätta tester med båda regulatorerna tillsammans.

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Esteveny, Laure. "Vers un actionnement sûr pour la radiologie interventionnelle robotisée." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014STRAD015/document.

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En radiologie interventionnelle, l’assistance robotisée permet de limiter l’exposition du praticien aux rayons X et d’apporter plus de précision pour effectuer des opérations complexes. La présence de robots dans un environnement humain pose alors la question de la sécurité du patient et de l’équipe médicale, que ce soit lors d’interactions ou de manipulations. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons dans un premier temps aux problématiques de sûreté. Une structure d’actionnement intrinsèquement sûre est proposée. Le prototype réalisé permet d’effectuer des tâches de positionnement en mode automatique. Parallèlement, une stratégie de guidage basée sur une approche passive est proposée. Un système à raideur variable permet d’imposer un effort résistif variable à l’utilisateur en vue de contraindre son geste. Dans une deuxième partie, nous étudions la possibilité d’intégrer de tels systèmes sur un dispositif à plusieurs degrés de liberté, répondant au problème de placement d’aiguille In the context of interventional radiology, robotic-assisted surgery limits practitioners’ exposure to radiations and brings more accuracy to perform complex interventions. However, the presence of robot in the environment is a potential danger for the patient and the medical staff in case of unexpected interactions and manipulations.In this PhD thesis, we first focus on safety problems. An intrinsically safe mechanism is proposed. The achieved prototype allows to follow both planned trajectories and moving environments.Secondly, a guidance mechanism based on a passive approach is suggested. With a variable stiffness system, using a compliant mechanism, a resistive force is applied to the user which allows him to be guided in his gesture.Based on medical needs, we then study the possibility to integrate and generalize such systems to multiple degrees of freedom

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Fouda, Khaled. "Machine d'essai de prothèse pour Transtibial et Transfemoral." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017SACLV106.

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L'objectif de ce travail est de construire une machine d'essai pour la prothèse. La machine doit être capable de reproduire les mêmes conditions dynamiques et cinématiques appliquées sur la prothèse pendant l'utilisation normale.Le nombre d'amputation et les causes d'amputation ont été recueillis. Différents types de prothèses ont été classés selon la prothèse de jambe par hauteur d'amputation, prothèse passive et active, différenciées par la nature de leur actionneur. La plupart des machines d'essai pour la prothèse ont été étudiées à partir de la prospective technologique et capacitaire. Déterminer toutes les limitations de la plupart des machines d'essai existantes, et les besoins de développer une nouvelle machine pour remplir complètement ces besoins ont été développés.Ensuite, nous avons étudié et analysé la dynamique de la marche et de la course humaines. Les équations du mouvement en prenant en considération les masses et les moments d'inertie des segments squelettiques. La plupart des paramètres de la démarche ont été extraits. En conclusion, nous avons les exigences cinématiques du centre de gravité humain pour générer 6 DOF que la machine d'essai devrait effectuer pour imiter la démarche humaine normale et courir.Trois conceptions ont été proposées pour implanter la machine d'essai; Bras de robot articulé, manipulateur cartésien et Stewart Platform (SP). Après la mise en œuvre des trois solutions, nous avons trouvé la solution la plus appropriée est le SP attaché avec une hanche active artificielle. Nous avons choisi la puissance hydraulique car c'est la technique d'actionnement la plus appropriée pour notre solution, connaissant les forces d'actionnement requises.Pour aider à contrôler le mouvement de SP, une nouvelle solution de modèle géométrique direct pour la planeuse et la plate-forme Stewart 6-6 a été développée en utilisant les capteurs rotatifs au lieu de capteurs de revêtement comme voulu pour les actionneurs hydrauliques. L'analyse de sensibilité a été étudiée pour cette solution, et un calcul analytique pour le calcul de l'espace de travail a également été développé.La conclusion de cette machine d'essai est que nous pouvons créer toute la dynamique du corps humain, c'est-à-dire marcher ou courir ou monter et descendre des escaliers. La solution développée peut porter des procédures d'essai pour la prothèse passive ou active The objective of this work is to build a testing machine for prosthesis. The machine should be able to reproduce the same dynamic and kinematics conditions applied on the prosthesis during the normal use.Numbers of amputation, and causes of amputation were collected. Different types of prosthesis were classified according to the leg prosthesis per amputation height, passive and active prosthesis, differentiated by the nature of their actuator. Most of the testing machine for the prosthesis were studied form the technological and capability prospective. Determining all the limitations of most of existing testing machines, and the needs to develop a new machine to full fill these needs were developed.Then we studied and analyzed the dynamics of the human gait and run. The equations of motion by taking into consideration the masses and moments of inertia of skeletal segments. Most of the parameters of gait were extracted. In conclusion, we have the kinematic requirements of the human center of gravity to generate 6 DOF that the testing machine should carry out to emulate the normal human gait and run.Three designs were proposed to implement the testing machine; Articulated robot arm, Cartesian manipulator, and Stewart Platform (SP). After implementing the three solutions we found the most suitable solution is the SP attached with it an artificial active hip. We have chosen the hydraulic power as it is the most suitable actuation technique for our solution knowing the required actuation forces.To help in controlling the SP motion, a novel Closed-form solution of direct Geometric model for planer and 6-6 Stewart Platform using the rotary sensors instead of liner sensors as wanted to the hydraulic actuators was developed. Sensitivity analysis was studied for that solution, and analytical calculation for computing the workspace was also developed.The conclusion from this testing machine is that we can create all the dynamics of the human body, i.e. walking or running or going up and down stairs. The developed solution can carry testing procedures for either passive or active prothesis

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Oliveira, Neto Ivo Alves de. "Desenvolvimento de uma cadeira de rodas rob?tica para transporte de portador de necessidades especiais." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2013. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15476.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IvoAON_DISSERT.pdf: 3534559 bytes, checksum: 4a686a0bd15089c1b9710cf531e7beda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-31 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte The objective of the dissertation was the realization of kinematic modeling of a robotic wheelchair using virtual chains, allowing the wheelchair modeling as a set of robotic manipulator arms forming a cooperative parallel kinematic chain. This document presents the development of a robotic wheelchair to transport people with special needs who overcomes obstacles like a street curb and barriers to accessibility in streets and avenues, including the study of assistive technology, parallel architecture, kinematics modeling, construction and assembly of the prototype robot with the completion of a checklist of problems and barriers to accessibility in several pathways, based on rules, ordinances and existing laws. As a result, simulations were performed on the chair in various states of operation to accomplish the task of going up and down stair with different measures, making the proportional control based on kinematics. To verify the simulated results we developed a prototype robotic wheelchair. This project was developed to provide a better quality of life for people with disabilities O objetivo da disserta??o foi a realiza??o da modelagem cinem?tica de uma cadeira de rodas rob?tica usando cadeias virtuais, que permitiu modelar a cadeira como um conjunto de bra?os manipuladores cooperativos formando uma cadeia cinem?tica paralela. Foi desenvolvida uma cadeira de rodas rob?tica para transporte de portador de necessidades especiais que supera obst?culos como desn?veis e barreiras existentes ? acessibilidade em ruas e avenidas, incluindo o estudo sobre tecnologia assistiva, arquitetura paralela, modelagem cinem?tica, constru??o e montagem do prot?tipo do rob? com a realiza??o de uma lista de verifica??o de problemas e barreiras ? acessibilidade em diversos percursos, tomando como base normas, decretos e leis existentes. Como resultado, foram realizadas simula??es da cadeira em v?rios estados de opera??o para realizar a tarefa de subir e descer desn?veis com diferentes alturas, realizando o controle proporcional baseado na cinem?tica. Para comprovar os resultados simulados foi desenvolvido um prot?tipo do rob?. Este projeto foi desenvolvido visando proporcionar uma melhor qualidade de vida ?s pessoas portadoras de necessidades especiais

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Ekström, Sebastian. "Bärbar sensorhandske med force feedback för manövrering av en humanoid robothand - : Implementering med monterade sensorer och motorer för styrning och känsel." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för fysik och elektroteknik (IFE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86116.

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The goal of this thesis was to create a sensors glove with force feedback feeling when operating a humanoid robot hand. The development covered multiple areas such as mechanics, electronics and programming. The final product gave the user control over three fingers of a humanoid robotic hand. In the case where the robotic hand comes in contact with an object the user's finger movement is limited according to the pressure the robotic hands fingers exposes the object to. Rapporten beskriver arbetet för framtagandet och skapandet av en sensorhandske med inbyggd force feedback funktion som därmed ska möjliggöra styrning över en mekanisk gripare med hög finmotorik. Detta för att kunna få en mer realistisk manövrering över griparen. Projektet är uppdelat i två system. Ett system för sensorhand som med en Arduino Uno Rev 3 styr servomotorer som används för att återskapa force feedbacken. Utöver det sker även mätning och analys av användarens fingerposition genom potentiometrar. Det andra systemet är för en humanoid robothand som även den använder sig av en Arduino Uno Rev 3 för att manövrera de servomotorer som handen använder för att flytta fingrarna. Mätning och analys av trycksensorer på robothandens fingertoppar genomförs för att möjliggör återskapandet av force feedback till användaren efter det tryck robothanden utsätter ett objekt för. De två systemen använder sig av ett I2C protokoll i form av multimaster and slave struktur för att kommunicera mellan det två mikrokontrollerna samt deras respektive servomotordrivarkretsar (Adafruit- PCA9685). För att undvika krockar i kommunikationen då mer än en master använder I2C linorna skapades en ovanpåliggande struktur för att upprätta regler för hur kommunikationen ska genomföras. All datahantering och kommunikation programmeras i C++. Programmeringskoden är skapad så att utbytet av robothanden och dess servodrivarkrets är möjligt. Sensorhandsken kan därmed implementeras till vad användaren väljer att använda den till, så länge kommunikationen sker med samma regler och struktur som upprättats. Utöver elektronik och programmering har även mycket mekanik tillämpats då olika delar av elektroniken ska byggas in och kunna fungera korrekt med rörliga mekaniska delar. Detta har bland annat använts i skapandet för fingerpositionsmätningen där trimpotentiometrar har byggts in och rörliga delar kan ändra på det resistiva motståndet i komponenten. Trots projektets begränsning till tre fingrar tyder projektet på att det framtagna konceptet av en sensorhandske med force feedback är fullt möjligt och genomförbart.

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Morris, David T. "Mechatronics for sophomore-level mechanical engineering students." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1525.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000. Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 147 p. : ill. (some col.) Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-133).

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Vanteddu, Teja. "Grasp Stability with a Robotic Exoskelton Glove." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93357.

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Grasp stability was studied and researched upon by various research groups, but mainly focused on robotic grippers by devising conditions for a stable grasp. Maintaining grasp stability is important so as to reduce the chances of the object slipping and dropping. But there was little focus on the grasp stability of robotic exoskeleton gloves and most of the research was focused on mechanical design. A robotic exoskeleton glove was developed as well as novel methods to improve the grasp stability. The exoskeleton glove developed is intended for patients who have suffered paralysis of the hand due to stroke or other factors. The robotic glove aids them in grasping objects as part of daily life activities. The glove is constructed with rigidly coupled 4-bar linkages attached to the finger tips. Each linkage mechanism has 1- Degree of Freedom (DOF) and is actuated by a linear Series Elastic Actuator (SEA). Two methods were developed to satisfy two of the conditions required for a stable grasp. These include deformation prevention of soft objects, and maintaining force and moment equilibrium of the objects being grasped. Simulations were performed to validate the performance of the algorithms. A battery of experiments was performed on the integrated prototype in order to validate the performance of the algorithms developed. Master of Science An exoskeleton glove is robotic device that can aid people who suffer from paralysis of their hands caused by a stroke or other factors with the primary goal of allowing them to regain the basic ability of grasping objects and thereby improving their quality of life. The exoskeleton glove developed in this research is focused on objects grasping assistance rather than for rehabilitation purposes. Since the exoskeleton glove lacks conscious senses like a human hand typically possesses, it may not be able to apply sufficient grasping force or may apply excessive force than required irrespective of the object being grasped. In order to ensure that the exoskeleton glove applies the proper amount of force, two novel methods were developed which help improve the overall grasping performance of the robotic glove. These methods use sensors that enable the glove to react to the force interaction changes that exists between the hand and the object being grasped through the exoskeleton glove. The first method detects any deformation that may occur while grasping a soft object and applies lesser force accordingly to prevent further damage to the object. The second method uses motion sensor to detect any movement by the user while grasping the object and applies corrective forces so that the object doesn’t slip from the hand. A prototype was designed and integrated and the two methods were tested on the prototype to validate them.

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Issa, Alan, and Christos Andreanidis. "Wireless Control of a Robotic Arm." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-295847.

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This paper looks at all aspects of developing a robotic arm and hand that consists of five fingers which is able to imitate human movements. The imitation ability, accuracy and factors affecting both points are studied. A project like this requires the interplay of various electrical components to achieve the desired results.The prototype constructed measured the controller’s movements of the fingers with the help of flex sensors. The movements in the elbow and wrist however were measured with the help of potentiometers. The flex sensors and potentiometers were connected to an Arduino Mega which then sent the values with the help of a transmitter. The robotic arm consists of an Arduino Uno, seven servomotors and a receiver that reads the messages sent from the transmitter. All values were converted into degrees that rotated the motor axles accordingly. The prototype produced positive results, showing that it was able to copy all movements done by the controller. Tests were conducted to study the accuracy and imitationability. The conclusion was that the factors affecting imitation and accuracy were mostly connected to the weight of the robot and the design of the hand. Denna uppsats behandlar olika aspekter i utvecklingen av en robotarm vars gripdon är en hand med fem fingrar, med syfte att kunna imitera mänskliga rörelser. Imitationsförmågan, noggrannheten samt vilka faktorer som påverkar dessa studeras. För att uppnå ett önskvärt resultat har det krävts styrning och samverkan mellan olika elektroniska komponenter. I prototypen som presenteras mättes fingrarnas rörelsemed hjälp av flexsensorer samt rörelsen i armbåge och handleden med hjälp av vridpotentiometrar. Flexsensorerna och potentiometrarna var anslutna till en Arduino Mega vars värden skickades med hjälp av en sändare. Elektronikkomponenterna som användes i robotarmen var en ArduinoUno, sju servomotorer och en mottagare, vars funktion var att läsa av meddelanden som skickades från sändaren. Alla värden omvandlades till grader och motoraxlarna roterade i enlighet med dessa. Prototypen uppnådde ett önskvärt betteende då roboten hade förmågan att imitera alla rörelser som utfördes av styrenheten. Noggrannheten och imitationsförmågan undersöktes med olika tester. De mest betydelsefulla faktorer som påverkade imitationen och noggrannheten av prototypen var kopplade till vikten av roboten och designen av handen, enligt slutsatserna som har dragits.

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Yan, Xiaomo. "Modelling and control of advanced mechatronic system." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/modelling-and-control-of-advanced-mechatronic-system(5004a687-62a6-4d2c-ac23-83e7cc4598e1).html.

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Control of mechatronic systems remain an open problem in control theory despite the research work worldwide in the last decade. Uncertainties in mechatronic systems, which includes faults, and disturbance, will often cause undesired behaviours, affecting the systems performances, may lead to the system failure, or even causing safety issues. Control reconfiguration is an active approach in control systems field. However, controller reconfiguration involves changes in its parameters and structure. System stability might not be able to be guaranteed during the parameters tuning, which might cause more damage to system stability, sometimes may cause safety issues. Due the on-line reconfiguration has a scope, during which the system stability can not be guaranteed. This leads that the systems must be turned off during reconfiguration process. In many industrial areas, such as metallurgy, forging, and manufacturing, shutting down the streamline leads to significant levels of lost productivity and unacceptable economic losses. As alternative to control reconfiguration approach, in this thesis two methods are proposed to deal with faults and disturbances. The first method is the fault matrix observer and the second one is the set-point re-planning. The idea of both methods is to compensate the faults and disturbances which affect the system performances without changing the controller structure or controller parameters.

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Williams, Adam John. "A Robotic Head Stabilization Device for Post-Trauma Transport." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96755.

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The work presented in this thesis focuses on the design and testing of a casualty extraction robot intended to stabilize the head and neck of an unresponsive person. The employment of robots in dangerous locales such as combat zones or the site of a natural disaster has the potential to help keep first responders out of harm's way as well as to improve the efficiency of search and rescue teams. After a review of robotic search and rescue platforms the Semi-Autonomous Victim Extraction Robot(SAVER) is introduced. The necessity of a device intended to support the head and cervical spine during transport on a rescue robot is then discussed. The kinematic and dynamic analyses of various candidate differential mechanisms intended for the head stabilization device are described, and the chosen mechanism is demonstrated in a proof-of-concept device. Following testing with a simple PID controller, it was determined an advanced feedback controller with disturbance rejection capabilities was required. Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control (LADRC) was chosen for its effectiveness in rejecting perturbations and handling modeling uncertainties. The performance the proposed LADRC control scheme was compared with PID in simulation and the results are presented. Finally, a prototype of the device was designed and built to validate the functionality of the subsystem, and the results of the corresponding experimentation are discussed. M. S.

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Fouz, Moustafa. "Développement mécatronique et contrôle de l'exosquelette des membres inférieurs SOL0.1." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLV048.

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Le sujet de thèse concerne le développement de l'architecture de contrôle et la génération de trajectoire pour un exosquelette évolutif appelé SOL. Les résultats de l'étude biomédicale ont révélé que la progressivité de la maladie pouvait être résolue par une réadaptation précoce et continue tout au long de la croissance. Ainsi, l'importance de l'utilisation d'un exosquelette a un impact positif puisqu'il sert à la fois à la locomotion et à la réhabilitation. Cependant, les exosquelettes actuels ne peuvent pas être adaptés au changement continu de la biomécanique de l'adolescent tout au long de sa croissance. Par conséquent, le besoin de développer un exosquelette évolutif capable de faire face aux besoins croissants est un sujet interdisciplinaire. L'architecture de contrôle d'un tel dispositif évolutif a été abordée dans cette thèse, à la fois dans les développements matériels et logiciels pour incorporer autant que possible la fonctionnalité d'évolutivité. Les étapes initiales ont été franchies en vue d'atteindre l'objectif d'un exosquelette évolutif, en contribuant à la fois aux développements matériels qui permettent d'apporter d'autres améliorations tout au long de l'avancement du projet, et aux développements du firmware, qui ont répondu aux besoins en matière d'évolutivité au niveau du contrôle.L'extensibilité a également été abordée aux trois niveaux hiérarchiques de contrôle. Plus spécifiquement, une attention particulière a été accordée à la génération des trajectoires de référence de la marche pour une population en croissance. Enfin, grâce à la connaissance de la biomécanique du sujet, le contrôleur développé est capable d’identifier les trajectoires appropriées et injecter les trajectoires de référence des actionneurs de l’exosquelette SOL.Un premier prototype de l'exosquelette est utilisé pour manifester les résultats du générateur de marche évolutionnaire (E.G.G.) proposé. Comme premier prototype, un mouvement de marche libre dans l'air est testé, où la validation du matériel proposé et des boucles de contrôle sont démontrées. L'étude des réponses de contrôle des exosquelettes contre les perturbations externes probables et des scénarios de sécurité en cas de défaillance est encore un travail futur obligatoire avant de réaliser les premiers tests sur l'exosquelette humain The thesis' subject concerns the development of the control architecture and the trajectory generation for a scalable exoskeleton called SOL. The biomedical study outcomes revealed that the progressiveness of the disease could be solved by early and continuous rehabilitation throughout the growth. Thus, the importance of using an exoskeleton has a positive impact since it is used to provide locomotion and rehabilitation, at the same time. However, the current exoskeletons cannot be adapted to fit the continuous change of teenager biomechanics throughout his growth. Hence, the need for developing a scalable exoskeleton that can cope with the growing needs is still a challenging topic. Especially, the control architecture of such a scalable device was tackled in this thesis, in both hardware and software developments to incorporate the scalability features. Initiative steps have been passed towards the goal of achieving a scalable exoskeleton, by contributing in hardware developments that allowing further enhancements to be included throughout the advancement of the project. Firmware developments achieved have addressed the scalability needs in terms of control by considering the three hierarchical levels (which are: High, Middle, and low-levels of control). More specifically, a focus was dedicated to the generation of the gait reference trajectories for the growing population. Data were collected from healthy subjects wearing a passive exoskeleton to extract the proper joint trajectories, then, the data were processed to build a gait library to be deployed on the exoskeleton controller. Finally, by knowledge of the subject biomechanics, the controller is able to fetch the proper trajectories and inject the reference trajectories to the SOL's actuators. A first prototype of the exoskeleton is used to manifest the outcomes of the proposed Evolutionary Gait Generator (E.G.G.). As a first prototype, A free walking in air motion is tested, where the validation of the proposed hardware and control loops are demonstrated. Studying the exoskeletons' control responses against probable external disturbances and fail-safe scenarios are still future work mandatory before achieving first human-exoskeleton testing

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Okyen, Michael Louis. "Biomimetic Bi-Pedal Humanoid: Design, Actuation, and Control Implementation with Focus on Robotic Legs." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50843.

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The advancements made in technology over the past several decades have brought the field of humanoid robotics closer to integration into the everyday lives of humans. Despite these advances, the cost of these systems consistently remains high, thus limiting the environments in which these robots can be deployed. In this thesis, a pair of low-cost, bio-mimetic legs for a humanoid robot was developed with 12 degrees of freedom: three at the hip, one at the knee, and two at the ankle. Prior to developing the robot, a survey of the human-sized robotic legs released from 2006-2012 was conducted. The analysis included a summary of the key performance metrics and trends in series of human-sized robots. Recommendations were developed for future data reporting that will allow improved comparison of different prototypes. The design of the new robotic legs in this thesis utilized human anatomy data to devise performance parameters and select actuators. The developed system was able to achieve comparable ROM, size, weight, and torque to a six-foot tall human. Position and zero-moment point sensors were integrated for use in balancing, and a control architecture was developed. A model of the leg dynamics was created for designing balancing and walking algorithms. In addition, hydraulic actuators were evaluated for use in humanoid robotics, and testing was conducted in order to create a position control methodology. Finally, a predictive deadband controller was designed that was able to achieve accuracy of less than one degree using a valve with slow switching speed. Master of Science

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Zedin, Thomas. "De la mécatronique de conception vers la mécatronique de construction : à la recherche d’une genèse pour la conception de la robotique sur chantier." Thesis, Paris, HESAM, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020HESAC003.

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Il s’agit d’une recherche en architecture portant sur l’intégration de la mécatronique dans la conception des chantiers de construction. La mécatronique est une démarche de conception par combinaison des techniques électroniques informatiques et mécaniques. On retrouve la mécatronique dans des objets du quotidien, mais surtout comme outil de production dans l’industrie avec la robotique. La recherche sur la « mécatronique de construction » existe depuis les années 70 à l’initiative du secteur de la construction au Japon. En architecture la « mécatronique de conception » a permis l’émergence de nouvelles pratiques autour de la fabrication. Celles-ci sont apparues dans les années 2000, grâce à l’accès aux machines à commandes numériques et aux microcontrôleurs dans le milieu académique.Ces objets de recherche et ces nouvelles pratiques sont difficilement observables dans l’industrie de la construction. La mécatronique semble relativement absente des chantiers et la robotique de construction ne fait pas encore partie des catalogues d’engins de construction. La mécatronique de conception ne fait pas encore partie des outils des bureaux d’études. Nous avons donc cherché à connaitre les processus de conception des systèmes mécatroniques pour la construction. Pour cela nous avons confronté la mécatronique aux processus de conception des chantiers d’une entreprise générale de construction.Nous avons réalisé une série d’expériences sous forme de cas d’étude en observation participante. Ces cas d’étude concernent la production de concepts de mécatronique de construction associés à la mise au point des chantiers. Nous avons mobilisé les acteurs de la conception des chantiers (bureaux d’étude, services d’ingénierie technique, conducteurs de travaux) pour travailler sur différents aspects de la mécatronique adaptée à leurs métiers.Cette connaissance de la conception doit nécessairement s’appuyer sur un socle scientifique. L’architecture n’étant pas une discipline scientifique, nous nous sommes appuyés sur des théories de la conception telles que l’Architecturologie développée au sein du laboratoire MAACC. Celles-ci nous ont servi de grille de lecture pour nos observations et de support pour proposer des méthodes de conception de la mécatronique de construction This research is developed in the field of architecture. It aims at studying the development of mechatronics in construction design and especially building sites. Mechatronics is a design process combining mechanics, electronics and informatics. It can be found in a lot of manufactured products, and is used in industry for production with the growth of robotics. The research in “Construction mechatronics” began in the early 70’s in japan. Later, the rise of rapid prototyping created new practices in architecture for “Design mechatronics”. It appeared in the early 2000’s thanks to the spread of CNC machining and microcontrollers in academic environments.These new practices and research fields are hardly observable in the construction industry. Mechatronics seems to be missing on building sites and not accessible. Also, Design mechatronics is not present in every design and technical departments. Thus, we focused on producing knowledges about the design processes attached to the integration of mechatronics in construction field. We did it by confronting this integration with a regular construction company activities.This led us to a series of experiments by case study in action-research. These cases are focussing on the concepts production for construction robotics. It involved multiple actors charged to the organisation and design of building sites. We looked at their reasoning to match mechatronics with their crafts and occupations.These studies had to be bound to scientific foundations. Architecture is not a scientific discipline, but can be related to Design sciences such as Architecturology developed in the MAACC laboratory. Design sciences helped us to analyse these observations and constitute design methods to design construction mechatronics systems

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Worst, Siebert Christo. "Development of a low cost secondary slave manipulator for a minimally invasive robotic surgical system." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71618.

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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in human beings is performed by making small incisions in the abdominal region of the patient and inflating the abdominal cavity with CO2. This procedure enables the surgeon to manipulate long rigid surgical instruments inside the patient in order to perform the surgery. Unfortunately the current methods of insertion and assembly of MIS instruments limit the surgeon to only five (of a possible seven) Degrees of Freedom (DOF). Along with this, the surgeon’s movements are mirrored (called the Fulcrum effect) and scaled around the point of incision. Minimally invasive surgical robots attempt to alleviate these drawbacks by eliminating the Fulcrum effect, as well as improving dexterity and accuracy. These robots’ abilities to improve the surgeon’s hand-eye coordination, enables the surgeon to perform surgeries using their natural movements with reduced fatigue. As a result of this, the risk to both patient and surgeon is reduced. Existing MIS robotic systems are extremely expensive and large, and as a result they are not widely used. In this thesis a new, lower cost, seven DOF robotic manipulator is further developed. The thesis focuses on the external three DOF Secondary Slave Manipulator (SSM) and combines it with the Primary Slave Manipulator (PSM) that was developed by a previous Masters student. Tests done on the SSM showed that the manipulator has a minimum resolution of 0.7 ± 0.2 mm (mean ± standard deviation) on the shoulder joint’s yaw rotation and 0.5 ± 0.2 mm in pitch rotation. The linear actuator used for insertion has a minimum resolution of 0.2 ± 0.2 mm. A strength test was also conducted and showed that the manipulator is easily capable of producing a 10 N actuation force as required during Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery (MIRS) procedures. In conclusion the complete system has potential as a viable alternative to the existing systems due to its accuracy and lower cost. Future work will include the development of a user interface and control system for the complete robot. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Minimaal Indringende Chirurgie (MIC) op mense word uitgevoer deur klein insnydings in die pasiënt se buik te maak en dan die abdominale holte met CO2 te vul. Dit stel die chirurg in staat om lang, onbuigbare instrumente binne die pasiënt te manipuleer om sodoende die operasie uit te voer. Die manier waarop die MIC instrument ontwerp is en die pasiënt binnegaan, laat egter slegs vyf vryheidsgrade toe, terwyl die chirurg self sewe vryheidsgrade in sy handbewegings het. Verder veroorsaak hierdie instrumente ook dat die chirurg se aksies in spieëlbeeld vertolk word (Fulcrum effek) en geskaleer is. Chirurgiese robotika poog om hierdie nadele teen te werk deur die Fulcrum effek te verwyder, en ook om handvaardigheid en akkuraatheid te bevorder. Die robot se potensiaal om die chirurg se hand-oog koӧrdinasie te verbeter, maak dit moontlik vir die chirurg om op ’n meer natuurlike en gemaklike manier te werk te gaan en bring minder vermoeienis mee. Dit verminder die risiko’s vir beide die pasiënt en die chirurg. Bestaande robotiese stelsels is egter baie duur en groot, en word dus nie meer algemeen gebruik nie. In hierdie tesis word ‘n nuwe sewe-vryheidsgraad robotiese manipuleerder ontwikkel. Die tesis fokus op die eksterne drie-vryheidsgraad Sekondêre Slaaf Manipuleerder (SSM) en kombineer dit met die Primêre Slaaf Manipuleerder (PSM) wat deur ŉ vorige Meestersstudent ontwikkel is. Toetse wat uitgevoer is op die SSM het getoon dat dit ’n minimum resolusie van 0.7 ± 0.2 mm (gemiddeld ± standaard afwyking) op die skouer se afwyking en 0.5 ± 0.2 mm om die onderskeie skouer aslyne toon. Die linieêre aktueerder wat vir inlassing gebruik word het ’n minimum resolusie van 0.2 ± 0.2 mm. ’n Sterktetoets is uitgevoer en het getoon dat die manipuleerder maklik die nodige 10 N krag soos benodig in Minimaal Indringende Robotiese Chirurgie (MIRC) prosedures kan lewer. Ter afsluiting, die volledige stelsel het die potensiaal as lewensvatbare alternatief tot die bestaande stelsels vanweë die akkuraatheid en laer koste verbonde. Toekomstige navorsing kan moontlik die ontwikkeling van ŉ gebruikerkoppelvlak en beheerstelsel vir die volledige robot insluit.

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Mazursky, Alex James. "Application of Electrorheological Fluid for Conveying Realistic Haptic Feedback in Touch Interfaces." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556817760104138.

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