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An Overview of the Ongoing Humanoid Robot Project LARMbot

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Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2016)

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LARMbot project aims to develop a humanoid robot with biomimetic inspiration from human anatomy by using parallel mechanisms. Previous related work is presented particularly referring to torso and leg modules. A specific design of LARMbot is proposed by using proper parallel mechanisms in torso and leg designs. A CAD model is elaborated in SolidWorks® environment and the corresponding prototype is fabricated with low-cost user-oriented features by using commercial components and parts manufactured using 3D printing. Preliminary results of experiment tests are also reported for operation evaluation and architecture design characterization.

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  1. LARM: Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics, DICeM-University of Cassino and South Latium, Via Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino, FR, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli, Daniele Cafolla, Mingfeng Wang & Giuseppe Carbone

  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, No. 932, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China

    Mingfeng Wang

  3. Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK

    Giuseppe Carbone

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  2. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  3. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Ceccarelli, M., Cafolla, D., Wang, M., Carbone, G. (2016). An Overview of the Ongoing Humanoid Robot Project LARMbot. In: Alboul, L., Damian, D., Aitken, J. (eds) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9716. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40379-3_6

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