Giacomo Palmieri

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental rig was set up to carry out equi-biaxial tests: the classic bulge test method has been coupled with optical devices allowing measurement in real time of the stress and elongation levels of the specimen Uniaxial stretching tests were performed by means of a standard tensile machine and a video extensometer.

TL;DR: In this paper, an examination of the state of the art on biomimetic robotic fishes is presented, underlining the reasons why bio-inspiration can be a winning move and discussing how fish swimming can be the line of sight of the future locomotion technology.

TL;DR: In this article, experimental results of a series of compression and tension tests on specimens of styrene-butadiene rubber and polypropylene plastic are presented; tests consist of creep and relaxation tests, as well as cyclic loading at different frequencies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a reconfigurable modular parallel robot is presented, where the spherical joint which connects each leg to the end-effector is realized as a combination of revolute pairs; a locking system allows one to alternatively fix one of the revolute joints, giving the machine different 3-CPU kinematic configurations which correspond to different types of mobility.

TL;DR: In this paper, a reconfigurable 3-DoF parallel kinematics manipulator is presented, which can change the mobility of its moving platform from pure translation to pure rotation by changing the configuration of a metamorphic universal joint.