Abstract:Recently, interactions between humans and robots have been changed in order to solve the problems of the aged society. Opportunities that robots touch directly on humans have been increasing. However, active actuators are often used in order to generate force and perform their tasks and they have possibility of hurting people around. Then, stable passive actuators would be substituted for active ones. Passive actuators will not generate force by themselves. Only when external force acts on them, they generate … Show more
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