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Simon Beckers
dblp:164/8590
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
0since 2021 · last 2015
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1Systems, architecture and hardware · 1
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Robot manipulation · 88% Legged, aerial and field robots · 12% |
Topics — the 4 heaviest of 4, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robotics › Robot manipulation › robot actuation
robot actuator |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment in Series-Parallel Elastic Actuators · ICRA 2015 |
Robotics › Robot manipulation › actuator design › compliant actuator
variable stiffness actuator |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment in Series-Parallel Elastic Actuators · ICRA 2015 |
Robotics › Robot manipulation › actuator design
energy-efficient actuation |
0.1 | 1 | 2015 | Cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment in Series-Parallel Elastic Actuators · ICRA 2015 |
Robotics › Legged, aerial and field robots
legged robots |
0.1 | 1 | 2015 | Cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment in Series-Parallel Elastic Actuators · ICRA 2015 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
cylindrical cam mechanism · 0.2additive manufacturing · 0.2
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment in Series-Parallel Elastic ActuatorsabstractSeries-Parallel Elastic Actuators (SPEA) enable variable recruitment of parallel springs and variable load cancellation. In previous work, we validated a MACCEPA-based SPEA prototype with a self-closing intermittent mechanism, to reduce motor load and improve energy efficiency. However, the mechanism only allowed for 4 parallel springs and a limited equilibrium angle range, which limits the variable load cancellation and operation range. Therefore, we developed a novel cylindrical cam mechanism for unlimited subsequent spring recruitment. This paper describes and validates the working principle of the cylindrical cam mechanism. Furthermore, the latest MACCEPA-based SPEA is presented with a maximum output torque of 40Nm and variable stiffness. Additive and traditional manufacturing techniques go hand in hand to overcome the actuator's complexity. The experiments endorse the working principle, demonstrate the variable stiffness, and prove the motor torque can be reduced to 5Nm while an output torque of 40Nm can be achieved. Glenn Mathijssen, Raphael Furnemont, Simon Beckers, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght |
ICRA | 3 |