Abstract: A methodology for active spring generation is presented based on antagonistic redundant actuation. Antagonistic properties are characterized using an effective system stiffness. “Antagonistic stiffness” ...

Abstract: The corrosion-induced bond degradation between corroded steel strands and concrete is investigated in the present study. Ten pull-out specimens with different corrosion levels were tested to study corrosion’s effects on ...

Abstract: A three degree-of-freedom (DOF) planar parallel manipulator has been extensively studied as the fundamental example of parallel manipulators. In this work, we explicitly show that this mechanism ...

Abstract: A light-mixing module consisting of a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) and a light-mixing tube is proposed herein to realize a uniform and efficient solar-lighting system. In this lighting system, the sunlight collected ...