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Projects
ACROBOTER (IST-2006-045530)
The project aims to develop a radically new robot locomotion technology that can effectively be used in home and/or in office environments for manipulating small objects autonomously or in close cooperation with humans. This new type of mobile robot will be designed to move fast and in any 3D direction in an interior environment.
Alladin (IST-2002-507424)
The ALLADIN project focuses on the development of a user-friendly natural language based decision support software for neuro-rehabilitation, in particular in stroke. ALLADIN, if implemented provides an adequate and fast solution for a client centred practice, for discharge planning and for utilization of rehabilitation resources. This fulfils the social and political expectation of a substantial but honest cost cutting by measuring therapeutic efficiency in terms of mean quality-adjusted duration. -> read more...
Reharob (IST-1999-13109)
REHAROB provides personalised, three-dimensional motion therapy for patients with neuro-motor impairments. REHAROB = robotic rehabilitation system for upper limb motion therapy for the disabled. The therapy is driven by force controlled industrial robots. -> read more...
Publications
- Kövecses J., Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Dynamics modelling and stability of robotic systems with discrete-time force control, Archives of Applied Mechanics, Springer, 2006, DOI: 10.1007/s00419-006-0085-x (in press).
- Tóth A., Arz G., Kovács L.L., Stépán G., Industrial robots applied in neurorehailitation: Arm and shoulder exercising by robot, Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics, University of Miskolc, 7(1):1-18, 2006.
- Kovács L.L. és Stépán G., A digitális PD erőszabályozás stabilitása, Gép -- A Gépipari Tudományos Egyesület Folyóirata, 15(10-11):96-103, 2004 (in Hungarian).
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Dynamics of Digital Force Control Applied in Rehabilitation Robotics, Meccanica, 38(2):213-226, 2003.
Proceedings publications
- Kovács L.L., Kövecses J. and Stépán G., Dynamic Behavior of Robots with Digital Force Control, in Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Dynamical Systems Theory and Applications (DSTA 2005), December 12-15, 2005, Lódz, Poland, vol. 1., pp. 335-342.
- Stépán G., Kovács L.L. and Kövecses J., Bifurcations Caused by Sampling Effects in Robotic Force Control, in Vibration Control of Nonlinear Mechanisms and Structures (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications Series, Vol. 130.), Eds: Ulbrich H., Gunthner W., Springer, Dordrecht, 2005, pp. 331-342.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G., and Kövecses J., A case study on the stability of digital force control of robotic manipulators, in Proceedings of the 20th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM 2005), May 30 - June 2, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, pp. 427-428.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G., and Kövecses J., Discrete-time Stability and Vibrations of Systems with Unidirectional Force Control, in Proceedings of the 2005 CCToMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics, May 26-27, 2005, Longueuil (St-Hubert), Québec, Canada, CCToMM05-P17 (CDROM), 6 pages.
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Teaching-in Force Control of Industrial Robots Used in Medical Application, in Proceedings of The 15th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot design, dynamics and control (RoManSy 2004), Montreal, Canada, Ref. No.: Rom04-46 (CDROM), 14-18 June 2004.
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Deadtime Effect on Indirect Force Control of Industrial Robots, in Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, volume 1, 377-381, May 27-28 2004.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G. and Insperger T., Outer Loop Force Control of Industrial Robots, in Proceedings of The 11th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2004), Tianjin, China, volume 4, 1746-1750, 1-4 April 2004.
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Digital Force Control in Rehabilitation Robotics, in ROMANSY 14 - Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, Proceedings of the Fourteenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium (RoManSy 2002), 181-188, July 1-4 2002.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G., Jurák M. and Tóth A., Indirect Force Control Applied in Rehabilitation Robotics, in Proceedings of the Third Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, volume 2, 853-857, May 30-31 2002.
- Kovács L.L., Tóth A., Stépán G. and Magyar G., Industrial Robot in Medical Application: Back to Walk-Through Programming, in Advances in Manufacturing Technology - XV, Proceedings of the 17th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, Cardiff, UK, 479-484, September 4-6 2001.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G., Tóth A. and Magyar G., Programming of Industrial Robots by Demonstration Using Force/Torque Measurements, in Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, Vienna, Austria, Ref. No.: RD-68 (CDROM), May 16-18 2001.
Abstracts and oral presentations
- Kövecses, J., Kovács, L.L. and Stépán, G., Dynamic Stability of Machine-Tissue Contacts in Force-Feedback Systems, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 39, Supplement 1, pp. S211-S212 (short abstract), 2006.
- Kovács L.L., Stépán G., Gáspár T., Ipari Robotok Külső Köri Erőszabályozása, A IX. Magyar Mechanikai Konferencia Összefoglalói (IX. MAMEK), Miskolci Egyetem, Miskolc, 214 old., 2003 augusztus 27-29. (in Hungarian).
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Stability of Indirect Force Control Applied in Rehabilitation Robotics, Seminars on Mechanics, Brainstorming Seminars at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 9th May 2002.
- Kovács L.L. and Stépán G., Force Based Walk-Through Programming of Industrial Robots, in Book of Abstracts of Finno-Ugric International Conference of Mechanics with Béda Symposium, Savoyai Palace Ráckeve, Hungary, May 27 - June 2 2001.
- Stépán G., Kovács L.L., Dynamics of Structures Subjected to Digital Force Control, in Book of Abstracts of The 20th International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, Illinois, 2000.
Journal papers
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