Browsing by Author "Tadesse, Yonas"
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A Real-Time Solution Enabling Humanoids to Efficiently Identify Faces and Facial Expressions
Saxena, Abhishek Girish (2018-08)Owing to the advantages and effectiveness of using humanoids in the field of therapy and rehabilitation, there is a need for robots to have the capability to recognize a person and understand his/ her emotional state based ... -
Artificial Heart for Humanoid Robot
Potnuru, Akshay; Wu, Lianjun; Tadesse, YonasA soft robotic device inspired by the pumping action of a biological heart is presented in this study. Developing artificial heart to a humanoid robot enables us to make a better biomedical device for ultimate use in humans. ... -
Embedded TCP and SMA Actuators for Use in Flexible Structures of Bioinspired Robots and Humanoids
Almubarak, Yara (2018-05)Soft robots consist of elastomeric materials, compliant actuators, and sensors that enable them to be used for numerous applications due to their flexibility, lightweight, and many degrees of freedom. Many actuators such ... -
Fabrication of Polylactide Nanocomposite Filament Using Melt Extrusion and Filament Characterization for 3D Printing
Jain, Shrenik Kumar; 0000-0003-4209-6592 (2017-05)Fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology uses thermoplastic filament for layer by layer fabrication of objects. To make functional objects with desired properties, composite filaments are required in the FDM. In this ... -
Fabrication of Polylactide/Carbon Nanopowder Filament Using Melt Extrusion and Filament Characterization for 3D Printing
Jain, Shrenik Kumar; Tadesse, YonasIn this study, less expensive mesoporous nano carbon (NC) infused in polylactide (PLA) thermoplastic filaments were fabricated to improve the electrical properties and maintaining sufficient strength for 3D printing. ... -
iGrab Hand Orthosis: Design and Development Using Twisted and Coiled Polymer Muscles
Saharan, Lokesh Kumar (2017-12)Four million Americans are suffering from upper limb malformation due to various neurological disorders. Efforts have been made to develop orthosis and prosthesis to improve the quality of life of those individuals. This ... -
The Mechanical Design of a Humanoid Robot with Flexible Skin Sensor for use in Psychiatric Therapy
Burns, Alec; Tadesse, YonasIn this paper, a humanoid robot is presented for ultimate use in the rehabilitation of children with mental disorders, such as autism. Creating affordable and efficient humanoids could assist the therapy in psychiatric ... -
Nylon-Muscle-Actuated Robotic Finger
Wu, Lianjun; de Andrade, Monica Jung; Rome, Richard S.; Haines, Carter; Lima, Marcio D.; Baughman, Ray H.; Tadesse, YonasThis paper describes the design and experimental analysis of novel artificial muscles, made of twisted and coiled nylon fibers, for powering a biomimetic robotic hand. The design is based on circulating hot and cold water ... -
Twisted and Coiled Polymer Muscles and Structures for Robotics Application
Wu, Lianjun (2017-12)New actuator technologies play a significant role to develop a lightweight, cost-effective, high performance and biomimetic robotic system. In 2014, Haines et al. [Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread. ...