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Development of a variable stiffness joint drive module and experimental results of joint angle control

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Two prototypes of variable stiffness joint drive modules imitating a human joint structure are presented. A human joint is driven by a pair of flexor and extensor muscles that work antagonistically. The stiffness of the joint is adjusted by their co-contraction. Such a structure was given to the joint drive module so that it could achieve a variable stiffness property. The joint is driven by two wires with nonlinear springs. Thanks to the nonlinearity of the springs, the stiffness of the joint can be adjusted by quasi-co-contraction of the wires. With the first prototype, the stiffness adjustability of the joint was empirically confirmed. Regarding joint angle control, a three-layered proportional integral derivative (PID) control algorithm was implemented in the second prototype, and it was verified that the control algorithm worked properly.

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  1. Department of Systems Design and Informatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan

    Jun Kobayashi

  2. Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center, Fukuoka, Japan

    Katsuhiro Okumura & Yasuhiro Watanabe

  3. Mitsuwa, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan

    Noriyoshi Suzuki

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  1. Jun Kobayashi
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  2. Katsuhiro Okumura
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Correspondence to Jun Kobayashi.

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This work was presented in part at the 15th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 4–6, 2010

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Kobayashi, J., Okumura, K., Watanabe, Y. et al. Development of a variable stiffness joint drive module and experimental results of joint angle control. Artif Life Robotics 15, 72–76 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-010-0769-8

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