Advances in Italian Mechanism Science : Proceedings of the First International Conference of IFToMM Italy /

This volume contains the Proceedings of the First International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT2016), held at the University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy, on December 1-2, 2016. The book contains contributions on the latest advances on Mechanism and Machine Science. The fifty-nine papers deal with suc...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Boschetti, Giovanni (Editor); Gasparetto, Alessandro (Editor)
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Mechanisms and Machine Science, 2211-0984 ; 47
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48375-7
Summary: This volume contains the Proceedings of the First International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT2016), held at the University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy, on December 1-2, 2016. The book contains contributions on the latest advances on Mechanism and Machine Science. The fifty-nine papers deal with such topics as biomechanical engineering, history of mechanism and machine science, linkages and mechanical controls, multi-body dynamics, reliability, robotics and mechatronics, transportation machinery, tribology, and vibrations.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XIV, 558 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319483757
Index Number: TJ1
CLC: O3
Contents: Part I Biomechanical Engineering -- Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Mechatronic System for Biomechanical Analysis of the Human Locomotion, by Paolo Boscariol, Alessandro Gasparetto, Nicola Giovanelli, Stefano Lazzer and Lorenzo Scalera -- A study of feasibility of a portable limb exercise device, by Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli and Candela Arostegui -- DARTAGNAN a self - balanced rehabilitation Robot able to work in active and passive modes on both sides of upper and lower limbs, by Guido Danieli, Paola Nudo, Michele Perrelli and Maurizio Iocco -- Dynamic Analysis of Handcycling: Mathematical Modelling and Experimental Tests, by Ghazaleh Azizpour, Abdelmajid Ousdad, Giovanni Legnani, Giovanni Incerti and Matteo Lancini -- A kinematic solution of a novel leg mechanism with parallel architecture, by Matteo Russo and Marco Ceccarelli -- Multi-target Planar Needle Steering with a Bio-Inspired Needle Design, by Christopher Burrows, Fangde Liu, Alexander Leibinger, Riccardo Secoli and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena -- Development of an Active Force Plate for Testing Lower-limb Prostheses, by Cristiano Marinelli, Hermes Giberti and Ferruccio Resta -- Determination of the Human Arm Stiffness Efficiency with a Two Antagonist Muscles Model, by Daniele Borzelli, Stefano Pastorelli and Laura Gastaldi -- Design of a miniaturized safety clamping device for portable kidney replacement systems, by Paolo Boscariol, Giovanni Boschetti, Roberto Caracciolo, Mauro Neri, Dario Richiedei, Claudio Ronco and Alberto Trevisani -- Conceptual design of a mechatronic biomedical wearable device for blood ultrafiltration, by Giovanni Boschetti, Aldo Dalla Via, Nicola De Rossi, Francesco Garzotto, Mauro Neri, Luca Pamato, Claudio Ronco and Alberto Trevisani -- Design of an Underactuated Hand Exoskeleton with Joint Estimation, by Mine Sarac, Massimiliano Solazzi, Daniele Leonardis, Edoardo Sotgiu, Massimo Bergamasco and Antonio Frisoli -- Standard and natural motion protocols for the kinetic measurements of the squat, by Nicola Sancisi, Marco Cocconcelli, Riccardo Rubini and Vincenzo Parenti Castelli -- Design and Simulation of an Assisting Mechanism for Arm Exercises, by Betsy D. M. Chaparro-Rico, Daniele Cafolla, Marco Ceccarelli and Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda -- Part II History of Mechanism and Machine Science -- Role of Scientific-Technical Museums in the Future of Mechanical Science, by Alberto Rovetta and Edoardo Rovida -- An Analysis of the Hydraulic Saw of Hierapolis, by Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino and Francesco Timpone -- Part III Linkages and Mechanical Controls -- Riccati equation based nonlinear filter: a case study for hydraulic actuators in presence of dead-zone, by Salvatore Strano and Mario Terzo -- Trajectories generation with constant extrusion rate for experimentations on AM techniques and extrusion based technologies, by Hermes Giberti, Luca Sbaglia and Marco Parabiaghi -- On the Design of Pneumatic Actuators: A Structural Optimization with a FEM-based Approach, by Giovanna Adele Naselli, Matteo Zoppi and Rezia Molfino -- Part IV Multi-Body Dynamics -- Multibody model of under-actuated tendon driven finger to study the antagonist tendon, by Sergio Savino -- A model reduction strategy for flexible-link multibody systems, by Ilaria Palomba, Dario Richiedei and Alberto Trevisani -- Part V Reliability -- Topology Optimization and Analysis of Static Transmission Error in Lightweight Gears, by Jakub Korta, Domenico Mundo, Giuseppina Ambrogio, Barbara Folino, Shadi Shweiki and Luigino Filice -- A strategy for moving cable driven robots safely in case of cable failure, by Giovanni Boschetti, Chiara Passarini and Alberto Trevisani -- Approaches to the Detectability of Faults in Railway Pantograph Mechanism, by Giancarlo Santamato, Massimiliano Gabardi, Massimiliano Solazzi and Antonio Frisoli -- Behaviour of tilting-pad journal bearings in case of large manufacturing errors, by Steven Chatterton, Phuoc Vinh Dang, Paolo Pennacchi and Andrea Vania -- Part VI Robotics and Mechatronics -- A new automated 2 DOFs 3D desktop optical scanner, by Maria Cristina Valigi, Silvia Logozzo and Gabriele Canella -- Adam's Hand: an underactuated robotic end-effector, by Giovanni A. Zappatore, Giulio Reina and Arcangelo Messina -- Automatic Plant for Fibers Extraction from Broom, by Pasquale Francesco Greco, Gianluca La Greca, Gabriele Larocca, Sebastiano Meduri, Basilio Sinopoli, Domenico Battaglia, Attilio Caseti, Armando Alose, Giuseppe Chidichimo and Guido Danieli -- Functional design of a robotic gripper for adaptive robotic assembly, by Fabio Oscari, Simone Minto and Giulio Rosati -- Optimal design of a reconfigurable end-effector for cable-suspended parallel robots, by Luca Barbazza, Damiano Zanotto, Giulio Rosati and Sunil K. Agrawal -- Kinematic Optimization of a 2DoF PRRRP Manipulator, by Simone Cinquemani, Hermes Giberti and Giovanni Legnani -- Optimized trajectory planning of pick and place operations to be performed by c