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SHAFT: A Slack-Compensating, Helical-Buckling-Attenuating Flexible-Shaft Transmission for Lightweight Multi-DoF Manipulation
Tomoya Takahashi, Moses Gladson Selvamuthu, Richiro Tadakuma +1
Lightweight and slim manipulators enable safe operation in human living environments. Proximal actuation using remote transmission mechanisms, such as wire-driven or Bowden cables,…
Simulation-Driven Evolutionary Motion Parameterization for Contact-Rich Granular Scooping with a Soft Conical Robotic Hand
Yongliang Wang, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez, Tomoya Takahashi +1
Tool-based scooping is vital in robot-assisted tasks, enabling interaction with objects of varying sizes, shapes, and material states. Recent studies have shown that flexible, reco…
A Soft Wrist with Anisotropic and Selectable Stiffness for Robust Robot Learning in Contact-rich Manipulation
Steven Oh, Tomoya Takahashi, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez +2
Contact-rich manipulation tasks in unstructured environments pose significant robustness challenges for robot learning, where unexpected collisions can cause damage and hinder poli…
Stable In-hand Manipulation for a Lightweight Four-motor Prosthetic Hand
Yuki Kuroda, Tomoya Takahashi, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez +2
Electric prosthetic hands should be lightweight to decrease the burden on the user, shaped like human hands for cosmetic purposes, and designed with motors enclosed inside to prote…
SCU-Hand with Integrated Single-Sheet Valve: A Funnel-Shaped Robotic Hand for Milligram-Scale Powder Handling
Tomoya Takahashi, Yusaku Nakajima, Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez +5
Laboratory Automation (LA) has the potential to accelerate solid-state materials discovery by enabling continuous robotic operation without human intervention. While robotic system…
PLEXUS Hand: Lightweight Four-Motor Prosthetic Hand Enabling Precision-Lateral Dexterous Manipulation
Yuki Kuroda, Tomoya Takahashi, Cristian C Beltran-Hernandez +2
Electric prosthetic hands should be lightweight to decrease the burden on the user, shaped like human hands for cosmetic purposes, and have motors inside to protect them from damag…
WAVE: Worm Gear-based Adaptive Variable Elasticity for Decoupling Actuators from External Forces
Moses Gladson Selvamuthu, Tomoya Takahashi, Riichiro Tadakuma +1
Robotic manipulators capable of regulating both compliance and stiffness offer enhanced operational safety and versatility. Here, we introduce Worm Gear-based Adaptive Variable Ela…
Pose Estimation of a Cable-Driven Serpentine Manipulator Utilizing Intrinsic Dynamics via Physical Reservoir Computing
Kazutoshi Tanaka, Tomoya Takahashi, Masashi Hamaya
Cable-driven serpentine manipulators hold great potential in unstructured environments, offering obstacle avoidance, multi-directional force application, and a lightweight design.…
SCU-Hand: Soft Conical Universal Robotic Hand for Scooping Granular Media from Containers of Various Sizes
Tomoya Takahashi, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez, Yuki Kuroda +3
Automating small-scale experiments in materials science presents challenges due to the heterogeneous nature of experimental setups. This study introduces the SCU-Hand (Soft Conical…