Antagonistic mechanisms attract attentions as joint actuators of linkage mechanisms, which control output torque, joint stiffness and position simultaneously. As the actuators or components of antagonistic driven joints, special devices with nonlinear elasticity property such as pneumatic actuators, nonlinear springs are often utilized to satisfy the requirements of antagonistic mechanisms. However, these devices have difficulties in control caused by complex and nonlinear properties, downsizing of actuator, and response time of articular compliance. In order to solve these problems, we propose a new antagonistic joint mechanism using kinematic transmission mechanism (KTM), which is composed of links and cams with dedicated design. The performance of KTM is evaluated through stiffness and position control simulations and experiments.
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