The suspension system needs both an active mode and passive when the emergency rescue vehicle is running on a complex road. Therefore, active–passive composite actuator (APCSA) designed in this paper. Firstly, combined with computational fluid dynamics theory dynamic mesh technology, complete domain of original (PSA) simulated. Secondly, accordance simulation results consideration working condi...

bjects that move in response to the actions of a main character often make an important contribution to the visual richness of an animated scene. We use the term secondary motion to refer to passive motions generated in response to the movements of characters and other objects or environmental forces. Secondary motion may be created by background elements or by objects interacting with an activ...

Use of compliance in muscle is the inherent skill of a human. By using the potential energy charged in the compliant members, we can skillfully equalize the characteristics of muscles and body. Integrating the skill of compliance will provide robots with higher mobility, dexterity and safety and extends the fields of applications. The main research issues of the skill of compliance are tuning p...

Visually induced illusory self-motion (vection) was facilitated by active breaststroke arm and body movements. Optic flow was generated by having the standing observer make these arm movements, which were detected by Kinect and incorporated into the display. When generated, this optic flow was either expanding (i.e. congruent with the observer's head motion) or contracting (i.e. incongruent wit...

1. Perception of two-dimensional (2-D) whole-body passive motion in the horizontal plane was studied in twelve blindfolded healthy volunteers: pure rotation in place (180 deg), linear motion (4.5 m) and a semicircular trajectory (radius, 1.5 m; angular acceleration, 0.2 rad s-2) were applied in random sequence by means of a remote-controlled robot equipped with a racing-car seat. The seat orien...