Scaling laws for parallel motor-gearbox arrangements

Elias Saerens,Stein Crispel,Pablo López García,Vincent Ducastel,Jarl Beckers,Joris De Winter,Raphaël Furnémont,Bram Vanderborght,Tom Verstraten,Dirk Lefeber,Elias Saerens,Stein Crispel,Pablo López García,Vincent Ducastel,Jarl Beckers,Joris De Winter,Raphaël Furnémont,Bram Vanderborght,Tom Verstraten,Dirk Lefeber

Research towards (compliant) actuators, especially redundant ones like the Series Parallel Elastic Actuator (SPEA), has led to the development of drive trains, which have demonstrated to increase efficiency, torque-to-mass-ratio, power-to-mass ratio, etc. In the field of robotics such drive trains can be implemented, enabling technological improvements like safe, adaptable and energy-efficient rob...