Advances in Italian Mechanism Science: Proceedings of the First International Conference of IFToMM Italy (Mechanisms and Machine Science, 47) (Meki povez)

Part I Biomechanical Engineering.- Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Mechatronic System for Biomechanical Analysis of the Human Locomotion, by Paolo Boscariol, Alessandro Gasparetto, Nicola Giovanelli, Stefano Lazzer and Lorenzo Scalera.- A study of feasibility of a portable limb exercise device, by Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli and Candela Arostegui.- DARTAGNAN a self - balanced rehabilitation Robot able to work in active and passive modes on both sides of upper and lower limbs, by Guido Danieli, Paola Nudo, Michele Perrelli and Maurizio Iocco.- Dynamic Analysis of Handcycling: Mathematical Modelling and Experimental Tests, by Ghazaleh Azizpour, Abdelmajid Ousdad, Giovanni Legnani, Giovanni Incerti and Matteo Lancini.- A kinematic solution of a novel leg mechanism with parallel architecture, by Matteo Russo and Marco Ceccarelli.- Multi-target Planar Needle Steering with a Bio-Inspired Needle Design, by Christopher Burrows, Fangde Liu, Alexander Leibinger, Riccardo Secoli and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena.- Development of an Active Force Plate for Testing Lower-limb Prostheses, by Cristiano Marinelli, Hermes Giberti and Ferruccio Resta.- Determination of the Human Arm Stiffness Efficiency with a Two Antagonist Muscles Model, by Daniele Borzelli, Stefano Pastorelli and Laura Gastaldi.- Design of a miniaturized safety clamping device for portable kidney replacement systems, by Paolo Boscariol, Giovanni Boschetti, Roberto Caracciolo, Mauro Neri, Dario Richiedei, Claudio Ronco and Alberto Trevisani.- Conceptual design of a mechatronic biomedical wearable device for blood ultrafiltration, by Giovanni Boschetti, Aldo Dalla Via, Nicola De Rossi, Francesco Garzotto, Mauro Neri, Luca Pamato, Claudio Ronco and Alberto Trevisani.- Design of an Underactuated Hand Exoskeleton with Joint Estimation, by Mine Sarac, Massimiliano Solazzi, Daniele Leonardis, Edoardo Sotgiu, Massimo Bergamasco and Antonio Frisoli.- Standard and natural motion protocols for the kinetic measurements of the squat, by Nicola Sancisi, Marco Cocconcelli, Riccardo Rubini and Vincenzo Parenti Castelli.- Design and Simulation of an Assisting Mechanism for Arm Exercises, by Betsy D. M. Chaparro-Rico, Daniele Cafolla, Marco Ceccarelli and Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda.- Part II History of Mechanism and Machine Science.- Role of Scientific-Technical Museums in the Future of Mechanical Science, by Alberto Rovetta and Edoardo Rovida.- An Analysis of the Hydraulic Saw of Hierapolis, by Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino and Francesco Timpone.- Part III Linkages and Mechanical Controls.- Riccati equation based nonlinear filter: a case study for hydraulic actuators in presence of dead-zone, by Salvatore Strano and Mario Terzo.- Trajectories generation with constant extrusion rate for experimentations on AM techniques and extrusion based technologies, by Hermes Giberti, Luca Sbaglia and Marco Parabiaghi.- On the Design of Pneumatic Actuators: A Structural Optimization with a FEM-based Approach, by Giovanna Adele Naselli, Matteo Zoppi and Rezia Molfino.- Part IV Multi-Body Dynamics.- Multibody model of under-actuated tendon driven finger to study the antagonist tendon, by Sergio Savino.- A model reduction strategy for flexible-link multibody systems, by Ilaria Palomba, Dario Richiedei and Alberto Trevisani.- Part V Reliability.- Topology Optimization and Analysis of Static Transmission Error in Lightweight Gears, by Jakub Korta, Domenico Mundo, Giuseppina Ambrogio, Barbara Folino, Shadi Shweiki and Luigino Filice.- A strategy for moving cable driven robots safely in case of cable failure, by Giovanni Boschetti, Chiara Passarini and Alberto Trevisani.- Approaches to the Detectability of Faults in Railway Pantograph Mechanism, by Giancarlo Santamato, Massimiliano Gabardi, Massimiliano Solazzi and Antonio Frisoli.- Behaviour of tilting-pad journal bearings in case of large manufacturing errors, by Steven Chatterton, Phuoc Vinh Dang, Paolo Pennacchi and Andrea Vania.- Part VI Ro