Researcher
Dirk Lefeber
- Keywords:Mechanical engineering, General and logistic services
- Disciplines:Human-centred and life-like robotics, Physical system modelling, Kinematics and dynamics, Robot structures, Mechanical drive systems
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)
- 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
- IOF Accelerator: Brubotics Human Robotics LabFrom21 Dec 2018 → 20 Dec 2021Funding: IOF - technology validation in real environment
Publications
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- Design and validation of occupational upper-body exoskeletons(2022)
Authors: Marco Rossini, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero
Number of pages: 241 - Constant Torque Mechanisms: A Survey(2022)
Authors: Elias Saerens, Raphaël Guy Furnémont, Julie Legrand, Kevin Langlois, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Stein Crispel, Marco Rossini, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
- Design principles and topology optimization for series-parallel elastic constant torque actuators(2022)
Authors: Elias Saerens, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber
Number of pages: 206 - Design of a planetary gearbox customized for human-centered robotics(2022)
Authors: Pablo Lopez Garcia, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght
Number of pages: 244 - Design and Evaluation of a Passive Cable-driven Occupational Shoulder Exoskeleton.(2021)
Authors: Marco Rossini, Sander De Bock, Arthur van der Have, Louis Flynn, David Rodriguez Cianca, Kevin De Pauw, Dirk Lefeber, Joost Geeroms, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero
Pages: 1020-1031 - SMARCOS: Off-the-Shelf Smart Compliant Actuators for Human-Robot Applications(2021)
Authors: Vincent Ducastel, Kevin Langlois, Marco Rossini, Victor Grosu, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Tom Verstraten, Joost Geeroms
- Improved Motion Classification with an Integrated Multimodal Exoskeleton Interface(2021)
Authors: Kevin Langlois, Joost Geeroms, Gabriel-Mathieu Van De Velde, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
- Integration of 3D Printed Flexible Pressure Sensors into Physical Interfaces for Wearable Robots(2021)
Authors: Kevin Langlois, Ellen Roels, Gabriel-Mathieu Van De Velde, Cláudia Espadinha, Christopher Van Vlerken, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber
Pages: 1-17 - Automatic synthesis of arthrokinematically compatible exoskeletons. A case study on its application on a shoulder occupational exoskeleton(2021)
Authors: Marco Rossini, Joost Geeroms, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero
- ExoMars Schiaparelli Trajectory & Atmosphere Reconstruction and an Heuristic Design Method for Flush Air Data Systems(2021)
Authors: Bart Van Hove, Dirk Lefeber, Christian Lacor
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)
- 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)
- Improved prosthesis, exoskeleton, and orthosis devices and method of manufacturing thereof (Inventor)
- Gearwheel transmission with high transmission ratio and with improved efficiency and/or increased capacity for transmitting torque (Inventor)