This research present a novel haptic interface, named VirtuaPower,having a high-force display capability and a wideworkspacewith 6 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) position measurementand force display ab..

The design is inspired by the role of bi-articular muscles of human limbs in forceful interaction during walking, which is observed to contribute to contact force control. The structure and actuat..

This paper shows that redundant actuation can reduce the energy consumption of parallel mechanisms, in some cases by a considerable margin. A theoretical analysis for the energy-saving mechanism i..

Climbing robots have been widely applied in many industries involving hard to access, dangerous, or hazardous environments to replace human workers. Climbing speed, payload capacity, the ability t..