Dynamic finite element modeling and simulation of soft robots

L Ding, L Niu, Y Su, H Yang, G Liu, H Gao… - Chinese journal of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Soft robots have become important members of the robot community with many potential
applications owing to their unique flexibility and security embedded at the material level. An …

A mobile hybrid robot and its accuracy issue in machining of large-scale structures

B Mei, F **e, XJ Liu, Z **e… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate and efficient manufacturing of large-scale structures is an important and
challenging issue. To this end, a mobile hybrid robot named CraftsRobot is designed and …

Design of a fuel explosion-based chameleon-like soft robot aided by the comprehensive dynamic model

H Zhou, S Cao, S Zhang, F Li, N Ma - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2023‏ - spj.science.org
Soft robotics have advantages over the traditional rigid ones to achieve the bending motion
but face with challenges to realize the rapid and long-distance linear motion due to the lack …

Modeling and experimental validation of a compliant underactuated parallel kinematic manipulator

N Ma, X Dong, D Axinte - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel kinematic manipulators (PKMs) are increasingly used in a wide range of industrial
applications due to the characteristics of high accuracy and compact structure. However …

A variable-stiffness planning method considering both the overall configuration and cable tension for hyper-redundant manipulators

L Zhang, Y Gao, Z Mu, L Yan, Z Li… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to realize the flexible capture of noncooperative targets, a variable-stiffness
planning method considering both the overall configuration and cable tension for a hyper …

Comprehensive stiffness regulation on multi-section snake robot with considering the parasite motion and friction effects

N Ma, H Zhou, J Yuan, G He - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Snake robots have been widely used in challenging environments, such as confined
spaces. However, most existing snake robots with large length/diameter ratios have low …

Novel reconfigurable walking machine tool enables symmetric and nonsymmetric walking configurations

JI Camacho-Arreguin, M Wang, M Russo… - IEEE/ASME …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current research on walking robots strives to achieve a higher efficiency, a better load
capacity, and an increased adaptability. Parallel kinematic manipulators (PKMs) are …

Parametric vibration analysis and validation for a novel portable hexapod machine tool attached to surfaces with unequal stiffness

N Ma, X Dong, D Palmer, JC Arreguin, Z Liao… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Free-Leg Hexapod (Free-Hex) machine tool is an advancement from the
conventional Stewart platform, which has the fixed base platform removed to enable the …

Modeling and experimental implementation of a flexible SMA wire-based gripper for confined space operation

H Zhou, N Ma - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The shape memory alloy (SMA) is increasingly utilized among many industrial and civil
applications as it is small in size but mighty in output. However, most of the current SMA …

Transmission and energy-harvesting study for a novel active suspension with simplified 2-DOF multi-link mechanism

J Liu, J Liu, X Zhang, B Liu - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, a new energy-regenerative suspension system with a simplified multi-DOF
mechanism was proposed. The research firstly focuses on characteristics of the transmission …