Abstract: Continuum manipulators are a class of robots with many degrees-of-freedom, leading to highly flexible motion with inherent compliance. These attributes make them well suited for manipulation tasks and physical interaction ...

Abstract: Underwater vehicle-manipulator systems (UVMSs) are underwater robots equipped with one or more manipulators to perform intervention missions. This article provides the mechanical, electrical, and software design of a novel ...

Abstract: The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is used often by erosion control planners to estimate the soil loss from urban construction sites when sizing sediment ponds and determining the soil loss under vegetative ...

Abstract: The friction behavior of mortar–polymer–steel debonding interfaces was experimentally investigated to support numerical simulation of buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). Characteristic contact and slip demands were developed ...