• DocumentCode
    117389
  • Title

    Artificial ligamentous joints: Methods, materials and characteristics

  • Author

    Hockings, Nick ; Iravani, Pejman ; Bowen, Chris R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    18-20 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    26
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel method for making ligamentous articulations for robots. Ligamentous joints are widely found in animals, but they have been of limited application in robotics due to lack of analogous synthetic materials. The method presented combines 3D printing, tow laying and thermoplastic welding which enables manufacturing of this type of structure.
  • Keywords
    humanoid robots; legged locomotion; medical robotics; motion control; 3D printing; artificial ligamentous joints; ligamentous articulation; robotics; thermoplastic welding; tow laying; Bones; Joints; Ligaments; Materials; Programmable logic arrays; Robots; Tendons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2014 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2014.7041312
  • Filename
    7041312
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=117389