Robotics

DIYWalkers

Strider and TrotBot at DIYWalkers.com

Just after I published my book Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms…
ITTK on Amazon.com

Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics, paperback on Amazon.com

I am pleased to report that a paperback version my book Introduction…
GraspLab SeminarGraspLab Seminar

Design of Linkages to Draw Curves, GRASPLab Seminar

On May 8, 2018, I was pleased to give a seminar at the University…
Robotics Handbook

Robot Ethics

I found this excerpt of the TEDx talk by Bruno Siciliano…
Mechanisms and Robotics Conference

2016 Mechanisms and Robotics Conference

The 2016 Mechanisms and Robotics conference is part of International…
Virgo 2 SUTD

Rolling Robot at SUTD

Virgo 2 SUTD A research team including Profs. GimSong Soh,…
An Interesting Planar Robot at Laval

An Interesting Planar Robot at Laval

Students of Prof. Clement Gosselin at the Laval University Robotics…
Tensegrity Robotics at UC Berkeley

Tensegrity Robotics at UC Berkeley

Students in Professor Alice Agogino’s Berkeley Emergent Space…
Rescue Robotics

Patches for the Energy Invitational and Rescue Robotics Challenge

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This is the participant patch for the 2015 Energy Invitational…
Leg Mechanisms

Walking Machines

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Leg Mechanisms An outcome of Mark Plecnik's research on the…

JPL’s ATHLETE Rover Walks, Rolls, and Slides

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The ATHLETE Rover is a mixture of a wheeled rover and a walking…

Wearable Robotics Put Spring in Your Step

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Wearable electronics or “wearables” are seen as the next…
21st Century Kinematics

Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics

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The NSF Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics at the 2012 ASME…
Kinematics and Polynomials

Kinematics and Polynomials–available on a Mac

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Until yesterday, my iBooks Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics…
Mechanical Characters

Mechanical characters

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Disney Research guides two degree-of-freedom open chains using…
Six-bar linkages

Six-bar Linkage Design for Mechanical Computation

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Our paper Numerical Synthesis of Six-bar Linkages for Mechanical…
Waldron Celebration

Waldron Fest: May 16-17, 2013

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This poster was prepared as a gift to Ken Waldron on his…
Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics

Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics

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My 1990 book is now on-line as an iBook. It is available…
Six-bar gripper with fine adjustment

Six-bar gripper with fine adjustment

This is a robotic gripper designed by Andrea Carli and Kaustubh…
Workshop Schedule: 21st Century Kinematics

21st Century Kinematics: Workshop Schedule

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Here is the schedule for the IDETC/NSF Workshop on 21st Century…

Micro-linkages for Compliant Material

Material Unit Cell

Material Unit Cell

Lucas Shaw and Prof. Jonathan Hopkins show the micro-architecture of an actively compliant material. Micro-actuators within the unit cells of an assembly are coordinated to reshape the assembly as desired. This was presented as part of the 2015 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences in Boston, MA, August 2-5. The video below shows what this assembly can do.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPXMtlP_OAQ[/youtube]



Actuating Morphing Linkages

Target Profiles for Morphing Linkage

Target Profiles for Morphing Linkage

Lawrence Funke and Prof. James Schmiedeler of the University of Notre Dame Locomotion and Biomechanics Lab show that the movement of a morphing linkage through its target profiles can be improved by coordinating actuation of the sub-chains. This was presented at the Mechanisms and Robotics Conference which was part of the 2015 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 2-5, in Boston, MA. The video below shows the improvement obtained by moving from 1 to 3 coordinated actuators.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DwHyRAh08[/youtube]


Rolling Robot at SUTD

Virgo 2 SUTD

Virgo 2 SUTD

A research team including Profs. GimSong Soh, Kristin Wood and Kevin Otto at Robotics Innovation Lab at the Singapore University of Technology and Design has developed a rolling robot about the size of a baseball. The design and motion planning of this robot, Virgo 2.0, was presented at the Mechanisms and Robotics Conference which was part of the 2015 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 2-5, in Boston, MA. A demonstration of the Virgo 2.0 moving through a figure eight path around obstacles is shown in the video below.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nZbOlhSqw[/youtube]


Interesting Planar Robot at Laval

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vp1ELEtDN4[/youtube]
Students of Prof. Clement Gosselin at the Laval University Robotics Laboratory demonstrate a four-degree of freedom planar robot. I particularly like the demonstration of its use as a gripper that does a cartwheel just for fun.


Tensegrity Robotics at UC Berkeley

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwYXfijMet0[/youtube]
Students in Prof. Alice Agogino’s Berkeley Emergent Space Technologies Laboratory, the BEST Lab, working on motion planning for their tensegrity robot.


Origami Art at BYU

Origami Art BYU

Origami Art BYU

Mechanical engineering students in Prof. Larry Howell’s Compliant Mechanisms Research Group designed and constructed this kinetic structure for the BYU Museum of Art. It illustrates paper folding known as origami.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e28J066oGY[/youtube]