supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51075363);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LY12E05022).
By combining the investigation of the biomechanics and behavior of elephant trunk in the performance of a wide range of dexterous manipulations,a novel approach in the design and kinematics modeling of a fruit harvest...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51075363);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Outstanding Youth Team Foundation of China (Grant No.R1090674);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.LY12E05022);Open Fund of Key Laboratory of E&M (Zhejiang University of Technology),Ministry of Education & Zhejiang Province of China (Grant No.2009EP026)
Several typical flexible pneumatic actuators (FPA) and different mechanical models describing their behaviors have been proposed, however, it is difficult to balance compliance and load capacity in conventional desi...