Francis Malcolm John Nickols
Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Expertise Summary 1. Mechatronics machine designer, builder, programmer 2. See www.franksrobomachines.com Teaching H63MLB Mechatronic Laboratory H63RDC Robotics Dynamics and Control H63CSD Control Systems Design H62EDQ Electronic Design Project
Research Interest
1. Biomimicking muscle designer builder for dynamic agile animal robots 2. Eagle bird robot designer builder 3. Designer builder of new mechatronics educational robots
Publications
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“Slipping Friction Force-Impulse Mechanism version 3, (FIM): a biomimicking skeletal muscle for Dynamic Agile Animal Robotsâ€, F.Nickols, 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (23-25 June 2016)
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“A Tabular Format for Computing Inverse Kinematic Equations for a 3DOF Robot Legâ€, F. Nickols, January 2009, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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"Biomimetic Actuator-the Slipping/Sliding Friction Mechanism version2". Book entitled, "Biomimetic Technologies: Principles and applications", Chapter 10, 1st Editionâ€, June 2015.Woodhead publishing, Biomimetic Technologies 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
