Fast and "soft-arm" tactics [robot arm design]

By Antonio Bicchi, Giovanni Tonietti. IEEE robotics & automation magazine, 2004

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Human–robot interaction in industrial collaborative robotics: a literature review of the decade 2008–2017 (2019, background): “A largely studied solu-tion consists of introducing Variable Impedance Actuators ( VIA ) [111,311], Active Impedance Control ( AIC ) or Passive Compliance ( PC ) [112] within actuators.”
Requirements for Safe Robots: Measurements, Analysis and New Insights (2009, methodology): “A correction to the initial misinterpretation in units 3 committed by Bicchi and Tonietti (2004) and Zinn et al. (2004) was first carried out by Haddadin et al. (2007a,b) and then by Bicchi et al. (2008) and Shin et al. (2008).”
Working Together: A Review on Safe Human-Robot Collaboration in Industrial Environments (2017, methodology): “This idea was later implemented and tested [28], demonstrating the high flexibility and effectiveness of VST using McKibben”
Measurement Instruments for the Anthropomorphism, Animacy, Likeability, Perceived Intelligence, and Perceived Safety of Robots (2009, neutral): “[54–56], and distributed parallel actuation mechanisms to”