A Novel Compact Design of a Lever-Cam based Variable Stiffness Actuator: LC-VSA

Hongxi Zhu,Ulrike Thomas,Hongxi Zhu,Ulrike Thomas

Ensuring safe interaction between humans and robots is an important challenge in robotics. In recent years, researchers have developed many different soft robots. One possibility to reach this goal is to integrate mechanical springs into their joints. The forthcoming generation of soft robots will be adaptable for joint stiffness to accommodate various tasks. Consequently, the development of varia...