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Participating Universities

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Faculty

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WAYNE
BOOK
Email		 SCOTT
BAIR
Email		KENNETH
CUNEFARE
Email		JAMES
HUGGINS
Email		CHRISTIAAN
PAREDIS
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RICHARD
SALANT
Email		JUN
UEDA
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Projects

  • 2E - Model-Based Systems Engineering for Efficient Fluid Power (Chris Paredis)
  • 2G - Fluid-Powered Surgery & Rehabilitation via Compact, Integrated Systems (Jun Ueda with Robert Webster (Vanderbilt) and Vito Gervasi (MSOE))
  • 3A.1 - Multimodal Human Machine Interfaces (Wayne Book)
  • 3B.1 - Passive Noise Control in Fluid Power (Kenneth Cunefare)
  • 3D.1 - Leakage Reduction in Fluid Power Systems. (Richard Salant)
  • 3D.2 - ­ New Directions in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication to Solve Fluid Power Problems (Scott Bair)

Testbed

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Compact Rescue Robot

The Compact Rescue Robot (TB4) is a chemofluidically actuated quadrupedal robot. The intent of the platform is primarily to demonstrate advances in high power density actuation for human-scale actuated systems, and to demonstrate advances in human interfaces with fluid-powered systems. The former aspect of the robot is primarily being conducted at Vanderbilt, while the latter aspect is primarily being conducted at Georgia Tech and NCAT.

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