Force/Torque sensor design – integration, comparisons and best practices
Hydraulic, pneumatic or electrical motor technology advancements
Applications of force/torque enabled actuators to rehabilitation and assistance
systems, whole body control of legged and humanoid robots, robots for
manipulation and surgery
Application specific design criteria and specification
guidelines for Force/Torque enabled drives (assistive and rehabilitation robots,
whole body manipulation as well as locomotion of humanoid and legged robots)
Force/Torque enabled drives, including variable stiffness, transmission and
damping actuators
Robust joint level force/torque control towards ideal force/torque sources
Impedance, force/torque and physical interaction control exploiting force/torque
enabled actuation for centralized control algorithms considering the whole robot
body along with the environment
SiL and HiL testing and tuning of Force/Torque enabled actuators, robots and
robotic devices
In-system calibration and identification of force/torque enabled actuators
IROS 2016 Workshop 