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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"pneumatic muscles"”.
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Pneumatic variable stiffness soft robot end effectors
… dexterous gripper. The gripper uses contractor pneumatic muscles to control the motion of soft fingers. The soft nature of the gripper means it can deform if it collides with obstacles, and because grasping forces are spread over a larger area the chance of damaging the object being held is …
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Non-linear digital control of a McKibben muscle system
McKibben muscles are pneumatic actuators that have potential application in the rehabilitation of persons with physical impairments. These actuators have been known to exhibit similarities in human musculoskeletal systems. In order to better understand and improve the closed - loop control of these …
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Design and control of powered lower limb prostheses
… also known as above-knee) prostheses powered by pneumatic muscles, an extraordinary actuator with superb power-to-weight ratio. The first prototype incorporates powered knee and ankle joints in a volumetric profile similar to that of human leg. The unique feature is a single-acting-spring-return …
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An Intelligent Pneumatic Muscle Actuated Exoskeleton for Robotic Gait Rehabilitation
… specific gait rehabilitation to stroke patients. Pneumatic muscles (PM) actuators were used to drive GAREX, due to their high power/force to weight ratio and intrinsic compliance. Specially, the intrinsic compliance can create a wide range of dynamic environment for control strategy development. …
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Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Pneumatic Artificial Muscle and Pneumatic Arm Exoskeleton
… robots can be advanced by further development of pneumatic actuators. Pneumatic actuators are a good fit for exoskeleton robots because of their light weight, small size, and flexible materials. This is because a wearable robot should be human friendly, therefore, it should be light weight, slim, …