Researcher
Dirk Lefeber
- Keywords:Mechanical engineering, General and logistic services
- Disciplines:Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Medical and health sciences, Humanities and the arts
Affiliations
- Robotics & Multibody Mechanics Research Group (Research group)
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From21 Oct 2022 → Today - Vriendenkring VUB (Office)
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From6 Jul 2022 → Today - Rectorate (Administrative office)
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From1 May 2022 → Today - Rectorate (Administrative office)
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From1 May 2022 → 20 Oct 2022 - Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → Today - Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From1 Mar 2005 → 20 Oct 2022 - Mechanical Engineering (Department)
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From1 Oct 1979 → 28 Feb 2005 - Mechanical Engineering (Department)
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From1 Oct 1979 → 30 Sep 1991
Projects
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- AILOS Launch – Upgrading Technology and Business for Investment ReadinessFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in real environment
- PoC project PoweRing Design-for-Craftsmanship PoC: A TRL6 golden sample demonstrator of a compact, lightweight, and highly efficient gearbox to drive the next generation of robotsFrom15 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- Innovationmandate Spin-Off: PoweRing: A gearbox for the next generation robotsFrom1 May 2022 → TodayFunding: IWT / VLAIO - indirect funding by business world
- ICON project Assisted_DfA - Automatic Assisted Design for AssemblyFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: Flanders Make
- Kinematic Assessment of Real‐time Motion Acquisition of the Human Musculoskeletal System by Dynamic 4D Transversal Imaging (KARMA‐4Dplus)From1 Jul 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- SBO project with a primary economic finality aimed at the transfer to existing companies : Energy-efficient, Lightweight, safe Yet Strong manipulator Arm (ELYSA) for cobot applicationsFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- Creation of a BruBotics Rehabilitation Research CenterFrom1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: Hercules - Small and Medium size research infrastructure
- GEAR: BruBotics, the Brussels Human Robotics Research Center of the VUBFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in real environment, IOF - mandates
- IOF Proof of Concept: Optimalisation of the virtual ability of differential gearboxes to realize very efficient robotics transmissionsFrom1 Jan 2020 → 30 Jun 2021Funding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- A novel, compact and energy efficient dual motor actuator for dynamic applications in robotics.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Design, control and evaluation of a treadmill-based Pelvic Exoskeleton (PeXo) with self-paced walking mode(2024)
Authors: David Rodriguez Cianca, Carlos David Rodriguez-Guerrero, Victor Grosu, E. De Keersmaecker, Eva Swinnen, Eric Kerkhofs, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
Pages: 1-10 - Unconventional Gear Profiles in Planetary Gearboxes(2023)Edition: 1Series: POWER TRANSMISSION ENGINEERINGVolume: 17
Authors: Anand Varadharajan, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Stein Crispel, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Tom Verstraten
Pages: 40-49Number of pages: 10 - Passive shoulder exoskeleton support partially mitigates fatigue-induced effects in overhead work(2023)
Authors: Sander De Bock, Toon Ampe, Marco Rossini, Bruno Tassignon, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, Bart Roelands, Joost Geeroms, Romain Meeusen, Kevin De Pauw
- Factors influencing actuator's backdrivability in human-centered robotics(2022)Edition: 2022Volume: 366
Authors: Pablo Lopez Garcia, Elias Saerens, Stein Crispel, Anand Varadharajan, Dirk Lefeber, Tom Verstraten
Number of pages: 12 - An Occupational Shoulder Exoskeleton Reduces Muscle Activity and Fatigue During Overhead Work(2022)
Authors: Sander De Bock, Marco Rossini, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, Joost Geeroms, Romain Meeusen, Kevin De Pauw
Pages: 3008-3020 - Novel SPECTA actuator to improve energy recuperation and efficiency(2022)
Authors: Elias Saerens, Raphaël Guy Furnémont, Julie Legrand, Stein Crispel, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
Pages: 1-32 - Human Musculoskeletal and Energetic Adaptations to Unilateral Robotic Knee Gait Assistance(2022)
Authors: Tomislav Baček, Marta Moltedo, Ben Serrien, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
Pages: 1141-1150 - Improving the Performance of Industrial Machines with Variable Stiffness Springs(2022)
Authors: Tom Verstraten, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Bert Lenaerts, Branimir Mrak, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght
Pages: 115-134 - Chasing microns in rotor dynamics(2022)
Authors: Gabriel-Mathieu Van De Velde, Patrick Guillaume, Dirk Lefeber
Number of pages: 238 - Design and validation of occupational upper-body exoskeletons(2022)
Authors: Marco Rossini, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero
Number of pages: 241
Patents
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- Mechanical interconnection of multiple rotatable devices (mimrd) (Inventor)
- A prosthesis or orthosis (Inventor)
- Device for use in dynamic radiological image acquisition (Inventor)
- Improved prosthesis, exoskeleton, and orthosis devices and method of manufacturing thereof (Inventor)
- A prosthesis or orthosis comprising a hinge joint system for functionally assisting, enhancing and/or replacing a hinge joint of a human or animal subject. (Inventor)
- Device for use in dynamic radiological image acquisition and method of using the device (Inventor)
- Gearwheel transmission with high transmission ratio and with improved efficiency and/or increased capacity for transmitting torque (Inventor)