Tendon-driven robots (TDR) are robots whose limbs mimic biological musculoskeletal systems. They use plastic straps to mimic muscles and tendons. Such...

industry partners. Unlike more traditional robots, which have motors in their joints, Roboy is tendon-driven, allowing for more fluent, human-like movements...

structure of the robot and the forces are transmitted via mechanical transmission; among these techniques, there are cable/tendon driven actuators and multi-backbone...

always) associated with snake-arm robots: Continuous diameter along the length of the arm Self-supporting Either tendon-driven or pneumatically controlled in...

Anybots Inc. is an American robotics company based in Santa Clara, California. It was founded in 2001 by Trevor Blackwell. The company was incorporated...

The robot is controlled by an on-board PC104 controller which communicates with actuators and sensors using CANBus. It utilises tendon driven joints...

each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially. Tensegrity structures are found in both...

approximately six times stronger and twice the stiffness of vertebrate tendons. Similar to tendons, apodemes can stretch to store elastic energy for jumping, notably...

A robot fish is a type of bionic robot that has the shape and locomotion of a living fish. Most robot fish are designed to emulate living fish which use...

ocular surface, joint cartilages, vascular endothelium/blood cells, muscles/tendons, et cetera) In the following it is discussed how such mechanical systems...

assistive robots, addressing challenges such as torque amplification and friction, and validated the performance through experiments. He developed a tendon-driven...

increased pressure can result in compression of soft tissues like nerves, tendons and blood vessels, causing numbness in the thumb and fingers. Corrective...

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Hillis designed tendon-controlled robot arms and a touch-sensitive robot "skin". During his college years, Hillis was part...

material, and better technically described as an elastic coupling. They can be tendon or hourglass-shaped, and are constructed of a strong and durable elastic...

(2004). Brad Pitt, who played Achilles in the film, tore his left Achilles tendon during production. George Camilleri, a bodybuilding extra, broke his leg...

example of this type of mechanisms are underactuated fingers, grippers, and robotic hands. Contrary to standard underactuated mechanisms where the motion is...

in other dromaeosaurids, the tail vertebrae have a series of ossified tendons and super-elongated bone processes. These features seemed to make the tail...

the spinal cord where they control basic automatisms such as monosynaptic tendon reflex and reciprocal innervation of muscles. (Manjarrez E et al. 2000 Modulation...

Sheriff; and a replica of a 1918 pogo stick. Also, Corey injures his Achilles tendon and spends the day at the shop on crutches. His day continues to go downhill...

Matrix films, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as I, Robot. Rendall also directed the slasher film, Cut in 2000. Rendall was effectively...

produced by forces exerted on the body, are sensed by mechanoreceptors in the tendons and muscles. On the other hand, mechanoreceptors in the skin layers are...

explains to Vanessa that he had always been a killer. Vanessa cuts his tendons and leaves him to die but a feral vampire turns him. He soon becomes a...

camcorders, video game consoles, ROM cartridges, radio-controlled cars, robot kits, etc.). Increasingly consumer electronics products such as digital...

been taught to draw the human body from life, to memorize the muscles, tendons and visible subcutaneous structure and to familiarise himself with the...

original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023. Hajdul, R. (1997). Tendons. Dinosaur Cards. Orbis Publishing Ltd. D36044311. Sellers, W.I. & Manning...

February 20 – Trace Adkins performs his first concert following surgery for tendon damage and a broken ankle. Contrary to doctor's orders, Adkins does not...

clinical investigation. This happened step by step in the 19th century – tendon hammer, ophthalmoscope, pin and tuning fork, syringe and lumbar puncture...

learn and memorize. The sensory feedback originates from muscles, joints, tendons and skin afferents as well as from special senses and dynamically adapts...

left-side bionics and enables either a boosting of the myomer muscles and tendons, or a channelling of bioelectrical energy through the bionic amplifiers...

cats walking uphill, downhill and on level surfaces. Proprioceptive (Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles) and exteroreceptive (optic, vestibular and cutaneous)...