Researcher
Tom Verstraten
- Keywords:Mechanical engineering
- Disciplines:Mechanical drive systems, Human-centred and life-like robotics, Physical system modelling, Smart lightweight structures, Kinematics and dynamics, Robot structures
Affiliations
- Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From1 Jan 2020 → Today - Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From1 Jan 2020 → 20 Oct 2022 - Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → 30 Sep 2021 - Faculty of Engineering (Faculty)
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From26 Aug 2015 → 8 Mar 2018 - Applied Mechanics (Department)
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From1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2021 - Faculty of Engineering (Faculty)
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From16 Aug 2010 → 6 Jul 2012
Projects
1 - 10 of 16
- AILOS Launch – Upgrading Technology and Business for Investment ReadinessFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in real environment
- Smart Mechatronic Ankle-Foot Orthosis Platform for Gait Assistance and AugmentationFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- SBO project WellFiciency_SBO - Measuring and Optimizing Operator Well-being via Dashboards and Task Allocation While Sustaining Production EfFiciencyFrom1 Apr 2023 → TodayFunding: Flanders Make
- ANIMATE - Active and seNsorized Interfaces for coMfort and sAfeTy within ExoskeletonsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- SBO Project XRtwin - Cost-efficient authoring of large interactive industrial objects and dynamic environments for XR consumptionFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Flanders Make
- 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
- IPSU 2022: Unleashed new design potentials in 3D printing of fiber composite materials (CFRP) showcased by the production of the next generation of robotic actuatorsFrom17 Feb 2022 → 16 May 2022Funding: Brussels Capital Region
- Experimental garden project Industry 4.0 Workable work.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: Flanders Make
- Embodied intelligence in robotic arms: leveraging human-inspired morphology for intra- and interpersonal coordinationFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
Publications
21 - 30 of 67
- An energy efficiency index for elastic actuators during resonant motion(2022)
Authors: Andrea Calanca, Tom Verstraten
Pages: 1450-1474 - 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 - 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 - Improving human-robot interaction through empathy and transparency(2022)
Authors: Elahe Bagheri, Bram Vanderborght, Tom Verstraten
Number of pages: 119 - Design and validation of occupational upper-body exoskeletons(2022)
Authors: Marco Rossini, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero
Number of pages: 241 - Design principles and topology optimization for series-parallel elastic constant torque actuators(2022)
Authors: Elias Saerens, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber
Number of pages: 206 - 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 of a planetary gearbox customized for human-centered robotics(2022)
Authors: Pablo Lopez Garcia, Tom Verstraten, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght
Number of pages: 244 - 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