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JRM Vol.32 No.5 pp. 911-922
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2020.p0911
(2020)

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Experimental Study on Critical Design of Electro-Hydrostatic Actuators Small in Size and Light in Weight

Mitsuo Komagata*, Tianyi Ko*, Ko Yamamoto*, and Yoshihiko Nakamura**

*Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

**Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

Received:
March 21, 2020
Accepted:
July 25, 2020
Published:
October 20, 2020
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Keywords:
electro-hydrostatic actuator, gear pump, loss evaluation
Abstract

Actuation systems for robots and other machines used in critical applications is an area that requires further research. In such applications, a machine works in a human environment and physically interacts with humans. Reliability and backdrivability are still insufficient in current systems. An electro-hydrostatic actuator has the potential advantage of high reliability by nature and high backdrivability in mechanical simplexity when it is designed to be small and light. This study provides a theoretical investigation of the methods for evaluating internal leaks and other mechanical losses, such as Coulomb and viscous friction, and experimentally evaluates two types (trochoid and involute gear) of prototyped hydraulic pumps.

Experimental device for measuring the losses in driving linear EHA

Experimental device for measuring the losses in driving linear EHA

Cite this article as:
M. Komagata, T. Ko, K. Yamamoto, and Y. Nakamura, “Experimental Study on Critical Design of Electro-Hydrostatic Actuators Small in Size and Light in Weight,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.32 No.5, pp. 911-922, 2020.
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