Advances in Italian Mechanism Science: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of IFToMM Italy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Bolognese Silk Mill: One of the Earliest Examples of Factory System  (Stefano Comino, Alessandro Gasparetto)....Pages 3-10
 A Brief History of Piano Mechanics  (Matteo Russo, Jose A. Robles-Linares)....Pages 11-19
 Nikolai Kolchin (1894–1975)  (Pavel Andrienko, Alexander Evgrafov, Vladimir Karazin, Denis Kozlikin)....Pages 20-28
 D’Alembert and the Wave Equation  (Agamenon R. E. Oliveira)....Pages 29-36
 Design Experiences for Reconstruction of an Ancient Roman Crane  (Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 37-45
 The Italian Textbooks of Mechanics Applied to Machines in the Modern Age  (Marco Cocconcelli)....Pages 46-54
 Using Old Schröder-Reuleaux Models in Modern Kinematics Lectures  (Walter Franco, Giuseppe Quaglia, Andrea Trivella)....Pages 55-65
 Recent Teaching Experiences on Mechanism and Machine Theory  (Giuseppe Carbone, Domenico De Falco)....Pages 66-74
 The Odometers of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and Leonardo Da Vinci  (Massimo Callegari, Stefano Brillarelli, Cecilia Scoccia)....Pages 75-82
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
 Investigation of Internal Human Body Dynamic Forces Developed During a Vehicle Ride  (Raj Desai, Anirban Guha, P. Seshu)....Pages 85-93
 Design of an Articulated Neck for Testbed Mannequin  (José Luis Rueda Arreguin, Marco Ceccarelli, Christopher Rene Torres San Miguel)....Pages 94-101
 Design and Experimental Characterization of an Underactuated Finger Mechanism  (Francesco Samani, Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 102-110
 Handwheelchair.q: New Prototype of Manual Wheelchair for Everyday Life  (Paride Cavallone, Elvio Bonisoli, Giuseppe Quaglia)....Pages 111-119
 A Novel Architecture for a Fully Wearable Assistive Hand Exoskeleton System  (Nicola Secciani, Marco Pagliai, Francesco Buonamici, Federica Vannetti, Yary Volpe, Alessandro Ridolfi)....Pages 120-127
 Rehabilitative Hand Exoskeleton System: A New Modular Mechanical Design for a Remote Actuated Device  (Lorenzo Bartalucci, Nicola Secciani, Jonathan Gelli, Andrea Della Valle, Alessandro Ridolfi, Benedetto Allotta)....Pages 128-136
 A Compliant and Robust Robotic Hand Fabricated with 3D Printed Soft Materials  (Daniele Leonardis, Antonio Frisoli)....Pages 137-144
 Design of a Twisted String Actuated Haptic Thimble for Cutaneous Force Feedback  (Daniele Leonardis, Luca Tiseni, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli)....Pages 145-153
 A Biomechanical Rider Model for Multibody Applications  (Matteo Bova, Giovanni Carraretto, Roberto Lot, Matteo Massaro)....Pages 154-161
 Upper Limbs Musculoskeletal OpenSim Model: Customization and Assessment  (Laura Gastaldi, Elisa Panero, Valeria Rosso, Stefano Pastorelli, Taian Vieira, Alberto Botter)....Pages 162-170
Front Matter ....Pages 171-171
 A Wearable Device for Ankle Motion Assistance  (Matteo Russo, Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 173-181
 Modeling and Identification of Vibrations in a UAV for Aerial Manipulation  (Silvio Cocuzza, Alberto Doria)....Pages 182-190
 A Novel Robotic System for Painting with Eyes  (Lorenzo Scalera, Stefano Seriani, Alessandro Gasparetto, Paolo Gallina)....Pages 191-199
 Flexible Multibody Modeling for Structural Flexibility Analysis of a Robotic Manipulator  (Cristian Enrico Capalbo, Giuseppe Carbone, Francesco Cosco, Alessio Galloro, Domenico Mundo)....Pages 200-208
 Mode Predictive Control for Spatial Cable Driven Parallel Robot Based on Variation the Mass of End-Effector  (Fouad Inel, Ali Medjebouri, L. A. Rybak, Giuseppe Carbone)....Pages 209-217
 Robust Control Strategies of Puma 560 Robot Manipulator  (Ali Medjebouri, Fouad Inel, L. A. Rybak, Giuseppe Carbone)....Pages 218-227
 Working Cycle Sequence Optimization for Industrial Robots  (Matteo Bottin, Giulio Rosati, Giovanni Boschetti)....Pages 228-236
 Iterative Path Planning of a Serial Manipulator in a Cluttered Known Environment  (Matteo Bottin, Giulio Rosati, Giulio Cipriani)....Pages 237-244
 One-Step Fast Calibration of an Industrial Workcell  (Nicola Comand, Matteo Bottin, Giulio Rosati)....Pages 245-251
 Optimal Path Planning of a Redundant Robot in Food Industry  (Giulio Rosati, Silvio Cocuzza, Matteo Bottin, Nicola Comand, Giulio Cipriani)....Pages 252-259
 Applications of Learning Algorithms to Industrial Robotics  (Giulio Cipriani, Matteo Bottin, Giulio Rosati)....Pages 260-268
 Terrain Sensing for Planetary Rovers  (Mauro Dimastrogiovanni, Florian Cordes, Giulio Reina)....Pages 269-277
 Real-Time Strategy for Obstacle Avoidance in Redundant Manipulators  (Cecilia Scoccia, Giacomo Palmieri, Matteo Claudio Palpacelli, Massimo Callegari)....Pages 278-285
 An Experimental Setup and Procedure for Stiffness Evaluation of Robot Manipulators  (İbrahimcan Görgülü, Erkan Paksoy, Giuseppe Carbone, Mehmet İsmet Can Dede)....Pages 286-294
 Investigation of Dynamically Decoupled Anatomies for a Serial Metamorphic Manipulator  (Nikolaos A. Stravopodis, Vassilis C. Moulianitis, Charalampos Valsamos)....Pages 295-309
 Gravity Compensation of Robotic Manipulators Using Non-linear Spring Configurations  (Gianluca Gatti, Giuseppe Carbone)....Pages 310-317
 Energy Optimal Design of Jerk-Continuous Trajectories for Industrial Robots  (Paolo Boscariol, Roberto Caracciolo, Dario Richiedei)....Pages 318-325
 Human Arm Motion Tracking by Kinect Sensor Using Kalman Filter for Collaborative Robotics  (Pierpaolo Palmieri, Matteo Melchiorre, Leonardo Sabatino Scimmi, Stefano Pastorelli, Stefano Mauro)....Pages 326-334
 A Simplified Approach to Size Multi-robot System for Pick and Place Applications  (Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Zaki, Marco Carnevale, Kevin Castelli, Hermes Giberti)....Pages 335-343
 Automation of Glue Deposition on Shoe Uppers by Means of Industrial Robots and Force Control  (Marco Carnevale, Kevin Castelli, Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Zaki, Hermes Giberti, Cesare Reina)....Pages 344-352
 Position Analysis of a Class of n-RRR Planar Parallel Robots  (Tommaso Marchi, Giovanni Mottola, Josep Maria Porta, Federico Thomas, Marco Carricato)....Pages 353-361
 A Mobile Robot for Undercarriage Inspection on Standard Railway Tracks  (Domenico Chiaradia, Daniele Leonardis, Vincenzo Manno, Massimiliano Solazzi, Paolo Masini, Antonio Frisoli)....Pages 362-369
 Modeling a Sensorized Soft Layer for Adding Compliance to the Environment in Robotic Manipulation  (Maria Pozzi, Chiara Gaudeni, Zubair Iqbal, Domenico Prattichizzo, Monica Malvezzi)....Pages 370-377
 Nonlinear Characterization of a Compact Series Visco-Elastic Element for Tendon-Driven Actuation  (Domenico Chiaradia, Luca Tiseni, Daniele Leonardis, Antonio Frisoli)....Pages 378-385
 Kinematic Synthesis of a Tendon-Driven Robotic Arm  (Giorgio Figliolini, Chiara Lanni, Luciano Di Donato, Riccardo Melloni, Adriano Paolo Bacchetta)....Pages 386-393
 Robotic Additive Printing of Cylindrical Auxetic Structures  (Lisa Biasetto, Giovanni Boschetti, Riccardo Minto)....Pages 394-402
 Control Model for Collaborative Manufacturing: An Integrated Opened Framework for Human-Robot Collaboration  (Giovanni Boschetti, Maurizio Faccio, Riccardo Minto)....Pages 403-413
 A Smart Gluing Process by a Vision Guided Robotic System  (Stefano Pagano, Riccardo Russo, Sergio Savino)....Pages 414-422
 Kinematic Optimization for the Design of a UR5 Robot End-Effector for Cardiac Tele-Ultrasonography  (Petro Griffa, Alessandro Filippeschi, Carlo Alberto Avizzano)....Pages 423-430
 Collaborative Robotics for Rehabilitation: A Multibody Model for Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis  (Giorgia Chiriatti, Giacomo Palmieri, Matteo Claudio Palpacelli)....Pages 431-438
Front Matter ....Pages 439-439
 Design Optimization of a Cartesian Assembly Cell  (Alessandro Peruzzi, Luca Pugi, Lorenzo Berzi)....Pages 441-449
 The Effect of the Optimal Route Selection on the Forward Position Solutions of Parallel Mechanisms  (Huiping Shen, Qing Xu, Ju Li, Tingli Yang)....Pages 450-458
 Multiphysical Design Optimization of Multibody Systems: Application to a Tyrolean Weir Cleaning Mechanism  (Veit Gufler, Erich Wehrle, Renato Vidoni)....Pages 459-467
 Improving Components Feeding: A Rotatory Device  (Nicola Comand, Matteo Bottin, Giulio Rosati)....Pages 468-475
 Innovative Project Development: A Successful Case Study  (Pedro Agustín Ojeda Escoto, Miguel Ángel Zamarripa Muñoz)....Pages 476-483
 Design and Analysis of a Top Locking Snap Hook for Landing Manoeuvres  (Maria Cristina Valigi, Silvia Logozzo, Monica Malvezzi)....Pages 484-491
 Numerical Simulation of a 2D Harmonic Oscillator as Coupling System for Child Restraint Systems (CRS)  (Miguel Angel Martínez- Miranda, Christopher Rene Torres San Miguel, J. Alejandro Flores-Campos, Marco Ceccarelli)....Pages 492-502
 Design and Operation Improvements for CADEL Cable-Driven Elbow Assisting Device  (Matteo Bottin, Marco Ceccarelli, Cuauhtemoc Morales-Cruz, Giulio Rosati)....Pages 503-511
Front Matter ....Pages 513-513
 Life Cycle Assessment for the ISWEC Wave Energy Device  (Andrea Di Muro, Sergej Antonello Sirigu, Giuseppe Giorgi, Raffaella Gerboni, Giovanni Bracco, Andrea Carpignano et al.)....Pages 515-523
 The Agri.q Mobile Robot: Preliminary Experimental Tests  (Paride Cavallone, Andrea Botta, Luca Carbonari, Carmen Visconte, Giuseppe Quaglia)....Pages 524-532
 Intermediate Agricultural Machines Energy Efficiency: The Example of Harvesting and Threshing  (Walter Franco, Matteo De Piccoli)....Pages 533-541
 A Path Tracking Algorithm for an Autonomous Wind-Driven Robot  (Fabio Caruso, Mario Foglia, Giulio Reina)....Pages 542-550
 One Year Experimental Evaluation of the Electrical Gain by Solar Tracking a 12 KW Photovoltaic System Installed on a Building Rooftop  (Macedon Moldovan, Ion Visa)....Pages 551-559
 Efficient Power-Split Powertrain for Full Electric Vehicles  (Giacomo Mantriota, Giulio Reina)....Pages 560-567
Front Matter ....Pages 569-569
 Speed, Torque and Mathematical Power Relationship Ratios, Using SolidWorks Parametric Designed Spur Gear  (Gerardo Brianza Gordillo, Miguel Ángel Zamarripa Muñoz, Christian Irving Enrique Rodríguez González)....Pages 571-579
 Efficiency and Durability of DLC-Coated Gears  (Marco Barbieri, Giovanni Iarriccio, Francesco Pellicano, Matteo Strozzi, Antonio Zippo)....Pages 580-588
Front Matter ....Pages 589-589
 Omnidirectional Mobile Robot and Vehicle, Uninterrupted Transmission System, Intuitive Operating Method, and Riding Robotics  (Masaharu Komori, Tatsuro Terakawa)....Pages 591-598
 A UAV System Using an Eye-Tracking Device for Bedridden Patients: Consideration of Control Screens  (Moeko Onda, Atsunori Kogawa, Yoshihiro Kai, Junko Hayama)....Pages 599-607
 Static Analysis and Actuator Selection of (2-RRU)–URR Parallel Mechanism for Thumb Rehabilitation  (Woo-hyeok Choi, Yukio Takeda)....Pages 608-616
 A Novel, Scalable Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Controlled by Fluid Temperature  (Andres Osorio Salazar, Yusuke Sugahara, Daisuke Matsuura, Yukio Takeda)....Pages 617-625
 A Thermally-Driven Bipedal Walker with Rugby Ball Shaped Feet  (Tomoki Chada, Shunsuke Yoshimoto, Akio Yamamoto)....Pages 626-634
 An Experimental Analysis of Vibrations During Walking in Humans and Robots  (Shuken Wada, Cuauhtemoc Morales-Cruz, José Luis Rueda Arreguin, Marco Ceccarelli, Nobuyuki Iwatsuki)....Pages 635-643
 A New Rehabilitation Device for Finger Extension Movement  (Andrea Petinari, Yukio Takeda, Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli)....Pages 644-651
 Quasi-Static Analysis of a Tapered Extendable Arm Inspired by an Origami with Modified Folding Diagram  (Hiroshi Matsuo, Yukio Takeda, Erik Macho, Victor Petuya, Oscar Altuzarra, Alfonso Hernández)....Pages 652-658
Front Matter ....Pages 659-659
 A Simple Modular Test Rig for Measuring Static and Dynamic Friction  (Enrico Ciulli, Francesca Di Puccio, Lorenza Mattei)....Pages 661-669
 A Novel Characterization Method for Hard Coatings: Preliminary Results with TiN  (Luigi Mazza, Edoardo Goti, Andrea Mura, Bin Zhang)....Pages 670-678
 Evaluation of the Real Contact Area of Rough Surfaces by Using a Finite Element Model  (Alessandro Ruggiero, Marco De Stefano)....Pages 679-686
 Diagnostics of Roller Bearings Faults During Long-Lasting Tests  (Paolo Pennacchi, Steven Chatterton, Andrea Vania)....Pages 687-698
 Air Pad Controlled by Means of a Diaphragm-Valve: Static and Dynamic Behaviour  (Federico Colombo, Luigi Lentini, Terenziano Raparelli, Andrea Trivella, Vladimir Viktorov)....Pages 699-710
 Application of Generalized Models for Identification of Viscoelastic Behavior  (Francesco Carputo, Andrea Genovese, Aleksandr Sakhnevych)....Pages 711-719
 Pseudo-Villari Experimental Characterization of Magneto-Rheological Elastomers  (Renato Brancati, Giandomenico Di Massa, Andrea Genovese)....Pages 720-728
 Crank Mechanism Friction Modeling for Control-Oriented Applications  (Renato Brancati, Massimiliano Muccillo, Francesco Tufano)....Pages 729-737
Front Matter ....Pages 739-739
 A Parametric Simulator for Railway Odometry Systems  (Enrico Castagna, Luca Pugi, Giacomo Innocenti)....Pages 741-748
 A Constrained Nonlinear Approach for Monitoring the Railway Anti-yaw Damping  (Ingo Kaiser, Salvatore Strano, Mario Terzo, Ciro Tordela)....Pages 749-757
 Modelling and Experimental Validation of Articulated Mobile Robots with Hybrid Locomotion System  (Andrea Botta, Paride Cavallone, Luca Carbonari, Luigi Tagliavini, Giuseppe Quaglia)....Pages 758-767
 Design of Understeer Characteristics Through Torque Vectoring on a Lumped-Parameter Full Vehicle Model  (Michele Perrelli, Giuseppe Carbone, Basilio Lenzo, Domenico Mundo)....Pages 768-776
 Active Aerodynamics Design Methodology for Vehicle Dynamics Enhancement  (Davide De Cupis, Henrique de Carvalho Pinheiro, Alessandro Ferraris, Andrea Giancarlo Airale, Massimiliana Carello)....Pages 777-785
 Autonomous Driving Scenario Generation in Overtake Manoeuvres Through Data Fusion  (Henrique de Carvalho Pinheiro, Diego Cruz Stanke, Alessandro Ferraris, Massimiliana Carello, Giovanni Gabiati, Isabella Camuffo et al.)....Pages 786-794
 4x4 Hybrid Electric Vehicle vs. Fully Electric Vehicle Mobility in Drastically Changing Terrain Conditions  (Jesse Paldan, Vladimir Vantsevich, David Gorsich, Michael Letherwood)....Pages 795-803
 Development of an Innovative Instrument for Non-destructive Viscoelasticity Characterization: VESevo  (Flavio Farroni, Andrea Genovese, Antonio Maiorano, Aleksandr Sakhnevych, Francesco Timpone)....Pages 804-812
 Identification of Tire Transient Parameters from Vehicle Onboard Sensors Data  (Lorenzo Mosconi, Flavio Farroni, Aleksandr Sakhnevych, Francesco Timpone, Alessandro Capobianco, Fabio Sebastiano Gerbino)....Pages 813-822
 Articulated Steering Control for an All-Terrain Tracked Vehicle  (Antonio Tota, Enrico Galvagno, Mauro Velardocchia, Emanuele Rota, Andrea Novara)....Pages 823-830
Front Matter ....Pages 831-831
 Experimental Approaches to Measure Displacements in Mechanical Systems Through Vision Devices  (Chiara Cosenza, Armando Nicolella, Vincenzo Niola, Sergio Savino)....Pages 833-840
 RGB-D Vision Device for Tracking a Moving Target  (Chiara Cosenza, Armando Nicolella, Vincenzo Niola, Sergio Savino)....Pages 841-848
 Design Formulation for a Multi-criteria Optimization of Mechatronic Systems  (Cuauhtemoc Morales-Cruz, Marco Ceccarelli, Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores)....Pages 849-860
 An Implantable Biocompatible Smart Stent for Monitoring Eventual Restenosis  (Daniele Cafolla, Fabio Sebastiano)....Pages 861-867
Front Matter ....Pages 869-869
 Friction Coefficient Estimation in Sliding Isolators Through a Nonlinear Parametric Estimation Approach  (Andrea Calabrese, Virginio Quaglini, Salvatore Strano, Mario Terzo, Ciro Tordela)....Pages 871-878
 An Active Vibration Isolator Based on an Electromagnetic Actuator  (Renato Brancati, Giandomenico Di Massa, Stefano Pagano)....Pages 879-886
 Development of an Innovative Torsional Vibration Damper with Magneto-Rheological Elastomers for Vehicle Driveline  (Ernesto Rocca, Riccardo Russo)....Pages 887-896
Back Matter ....Pages 897-900