At this time, several industrial processes and service tasks need safe interactions between humans and robots. This safety can be achieved using compliance design and control of mechanisms. This paper presents a compliant revolute joint mechanism using a variable stiffness actuator. The method for adapting the stiffness in the actuator includes a member onfigured to transmit motion that is connected to a fluidic circuit, into which a biphasic control fluid circulates. Actuator's stiffness is controlled by changing pressure of control fluid into distribution lines. The used control fluid is biphasic, composed of separated gas and liquid fractions with predefined ratio. A mathematical model of the actuator is presented, a modelbased control method is implemented to track the desired position and stiffness, and equations relating to the dynamics of the mechanism are provided. Results from force loaded and unloaded simulations and experiments with a physical prototype are discussed.


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    Title :

    Position and Stiffness Control of One DoF Revolute Joint Using a Biphasic Media Variable Stiffness Actuator



    Publication date :

    2019-01-01



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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