2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of compact continuously variable transmissions with torque sensor
| Project/Area Number |
24760200
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMADA Hiroya 東京工業大学, グローバルエッジ研究院, テニュア・トラック助教 (20550536)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ロボティクス / 無段変速機 |
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| Research Abstract |
Continuously variable transmissions (CVT) are efficient device to improve the performance and safety of the next-generation robots that will be used for service near human. Thus, I have focused on "Radial-Crank type Continuously Variable Transmission (RC-CVT)" in this study, and developed 3 types of mechanism. One is an intelligent CVT which sense load and change gear ratio automatically. Another one is the RC-CVT which can rotate infinitely. The other is the RC-CVT which can drive two orthogonal joint with 3 motors. These results showed the feasibility of the CVTs for robot joints.
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