Co-exploring Actuator Antagonism and Bio-inspired Control in a Printable Robot Arm
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 900
- Type
- E - Conference contribution
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_22
- Title of conference / published proceedings
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- First page
- 244
- Volume
- 9825
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 10
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The work describes the first truly replicable robot arm with variable-stiffness actuators, featuring fully open source hardware and software, and printable on low-cost 3D printers. The arm has been replicated in robotics groups around the world, for example in Australia (QUT), Finland and Colombia. The technology also directly led to the creation of the spin-out company Fieldwork Robotics Ltd, which exploits the robustness and low-cost aspects for a multi-crop selective harvesting service. The use in agriculture has received more than £1M in funding. The spin-out is currently valued at £5M, and has developed the world's first robotic raspberry harvester.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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