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Parallel Elastic Actuators

Parallel Elastic Actuators is a type of robotic actuator that belongs to the class of elastic actuators and is distinguished by the integration of an elastic element connected in parallel with the motor transmission, enabling energy storage, impact tolerance, and improved force control through compliant mechanical behavior.

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2017–2026

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Stiffness modeling of flexure parallel mechanism

Huy-Hoang Pham, I‐Ming Chen · Precision Engineering · 2005 · 171 citations

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Dynamic Motion Control of Multi-Segment Soft Robots Using Piecewise Constant Curvature Matched with an Augmented Rigid Body Model

Robert K. Katzschmann, Cosimo Della Santina, Yasunori Toshimitsu et al. · 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) · 2019 · 165 citations · Full text

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Series and Parallel Elastic Actuation: Impact of natural dynamics on power and energy consumption

Tom Verstraten, Philipp Beckerle, Raphaël Furnémont et al. · Mechanism and Machine Theory · 2016 · 129 citations · Full text

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A comparison of parallel- and series elastic elements in an actuator for mimicking human ankle joint in walking and running

Martin Grimmer, Mahdy Eslamy, Stefan Gliech et al. · 2012 · 127 citations

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Variable Recruitment of Parallel Elastic Elements: Series–Parallel Elastic Actuators (SPEA) With Dephased Mutilated Gears

Glenn Mathijssen, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics · 2014 · 116 citations

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Authors

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  1. DL
    Dirk Lefeber

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    9 publications · 455 citations

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  2. BV
    Bram Vanderborght

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    9 publications · 455 citations

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  3. GM
    Glenn Mathijssen

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    8 publications · 407 citations

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  4. TV
    Tom Verstraten

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    6 publications · 254 citations

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  5. RF
    Raphaël Furnémont

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    5 publications · 240 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    10 h-index

    48 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    943 citations

  3. Technische Universität Darmstadt

    Darmstadt, Germany

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    757 citations

  4. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    185 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. National Cheng Kung University

    Tainan City, Taiwan

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    567 citations

  7. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    155 citations

  8. University of Verona

    Verona, Italy

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    289 citations

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  1. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

    11 publications · 544 citations

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  2. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    7 publications · 231 citations

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  3. Mechanism and Machine Theory

    4 publications · 273 citations

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  4. Actuators

    3 publications · 73 citations

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Robotics

    2 publications · 106 citations

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