Design of an Adjustable Fail-Safe MRF Clutch With a Novel Field Blocking Mechanism for Robotic Applications
A permanent magnet-based magnetorheological fluid clutch (MRF) with a novel field blocking mechanism for torque adjustment is presented in this article.Magnetostatic simulations were used to optimize the design of the MRF clutch so as to increase its performance.A magnetic flux density measurement setup was used to confirm the correctness of the ma