The human hand is capable of performing complex and useful tasks using an effective
integration of mechanisms, sensors, actuators and control functions, and at the same time is …

Rehabilitation medicine studies have indicated that occupational therapy has a positive
effect on the recovery of hand function. However, few wearable hand exoskeletons can …

Body posture influences human and robot performance in manipulation tasks, as
appropriate poses facilitate motion or the exertion of force along different axes. In robotics …

As the population ages, increasingly more individuals experience ankle disabilities caused
by stroke and cerebral palsy. Studies on parallel robots for ankle rehabilitation have been …

Cobotic workstations in industrial plants involve a new kind of collaborative robots that can
interact with operators. These cobots enable more flexibility and they can reduce the cycle …

Multi-robot teams can achieve more dexterous, complex and heavier payload tasks than a
single robot, yet effective collaboration is required. Multi-robot collaboration is extremely …

Manipulability ellipsoids are effective tools to perform task space analysis of robotic
manipulators in terms of velocities, accelerations and forces at the end effector. In this paper …

Wrist rehabilitation robots are essential for assisting patients with stoke or wrist injuries.
Such devices compensate for deficiencies in manual rehabilitation training, and reduce the …

Motion planning in multicontact scenarios has recently gathered interest within the legged
robotics community, however actuator force/torque limits are rarely considered. We believe …

Dynamic capability equations (DCE) provide a new description of robot acceleration and
force capabilities. These refer to a manipulator's ability to accelerate its end-effector and to …