840 research outputs found
Competition and Regulation of Intellectual Property Rights for the Achievement and Functioning of the Internal Market“, in G. CAGGIANO, G. MUSCOLO, M. TAVASSI (eds), Competition Law and Intellectual Property , Kluver International Competition Law Series, Vol 50, 2012, p. 3 ss.
No full textThis article focuses on competition law and regulation of Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR) and their convergent role.1 The present article will take into consideration
only characteristics useful to explain interaction with competition law in
the relevant markets
T.P.T. a novel Taekwondo personal trainer robot
No full textIn recent years, robotics has been widely used in the sport sector, but few examples of robotic platforms are currently used in combat sports. This work presents T.P.T., a novel robotic prototype used in the context of Taekwondo, an Olympic martial art sport, able of interacting with children and with adult athletes. In this paper, the conceptual and functional design of the robot, including some preliminary tests aimed at its calibration, is described in details. The robot has been presented at the 2013 Italian Championship of Taekwondo, and it is in a patent pending status (Muscolo and Recchiuto, 2013)
A novel tactile sensor for underwater applications: Limits and perspectives
No full textThe paper deals with the problem of designing tactile sensors for underwater applications. The tactile sensors are used in many terrestrial applications, but research in underwater tactile perception remains limited because of the scarcity of underwater tactile sensors. In this paper the authors, after a review on underwater sensors available in commerce and in literature, propose a conceptual design of novel tactile sensors for underwater applications. The investigations are performed in collaboration with a national Italian project named MARIS regarding the possible extension to the underwater field of the technologies developed for a terrestrial use, within the European project ROBOSKIN
A novel linear pneumatic actuator with tunable-compliance constraint
No full textThis paper introduces a novel pneumatic linear actuator that features variable stiffness/compliance along constrained directions. Specifically, the proposed system is a pneumatically driven linear actuator that is implemented according to a common piston-cylinder architecture. The system employs two long-stroke rolling diaphragms that assume both the functions of sealing the pressurized cylinder chamber and constraining the motion of piston. The control of stiffness along non-actuated directions is achieved through the regulations of the pre-pressurization of an air chamber that is enclosed by the two rolling diaphragms. A theoretical model able to explain and describe the variation stiffness for the proposed architecture is presented. A preliminary prototype of the system is designed and built, and a set of experiments are implemented to demonstrate the concept, to verify the modelling approach and to validate the theoretical analysis
Comfort Perception Analysis of Human Models Interfacing with Novel Biped-Wheeled-Exoskeletons
No full textThis paper presents a comfort perception analysis of human models interfacing with a novel biped-wheeled-exoskeleton. Usually, many attentions are given to the exoskeleton machine design but, in many cases, without considering the human comfort point of view. This paper merges the conceptual design of the novel biped-wheeled-exoskeleton machine, here proposed in a first time, with the analysis of the comfort perception of human models. The simulation of the human muscular activation is performed using the OpenSim software and the comfort analyses are done thanks to the literature review. Results underline how the comfort perception analysis of a human model with the same constraints of a wearable machine, may optimize the design process of a comfortable wearable hardware by the user. Novel comfortable joints range of motions of a human model, wearing biped-wheeled-exoskeletons, are also the results of this research work
Guest Editorial Sensors for Physical Interaction and Perception in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
No full textThe Ieee Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB) is an initiative shared by the two IEEE Societies of Robotics and Automation – RAS – and Engineering in Medicine and Biology – EMBS
SUAS: A Novel Soft Underwater Artificial Skin with Capacitive Transducers and Hyperelastic Membrane
No full textThe paper presents physical modeling, design, simulations, and experimentation on a novel Soft Underwater Artificial Skin (SUAS) used as tactile sensor. The SUAS functions as an electrostatic capacitive sensor, and it is composed of a hyperelastic membrane used as external cover and oil inside it used to compensate the marine pressure. Simulation has been performed studying and modeling the behavior of the external interface of the SUAS in contact with external concentrated loads in marine environment. Experiments on the external and internal components of the SUAS have been done using two different conductive layers in oil. A first prototype has been realized using a 3D printer. The results of the paper underline how the soft materials permit better adhesion of the conductive layer to the transducers of the SUAS obtaining higher capacitance. The results here presented confirmed the first hypotheses presented in a last work and opened new ways in the large-scale underwater tactile sensor design and development. The investigations are performed in collaboration with a national Italian project named MARIS, regarding the possible extension to the underwater field of the technologies developed within the European project ROBOSKIN
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