Experimental investigation of conductive fibers for a smart pneumatic artificial muscle

Jumpei Misumi; Shuichi Wakimoto; Koichi Suzumori

doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7419123

Experimental investigation of conductive fibers for a smart pneumatic artificial muscle

Jumpei Misumi, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori

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Abstract

Recently, the demand for wearable apparatus for supporting human movement in the medical and welfare fields increases with low birthrate and aging of society in many countries. In these apparatus, a pneumatic artificial muscle like a McKibben artificial muscle is highly expected as the actuator because of its high power, light weight and flexibility. But the conventional displacement sensors are not suitable for controlling the pneumatic artificial muscle, because, compared with the artificial muscle, the sensors are expensive and rigid. Additionally they are incorporated in the system separately from the artificial muscle generally. In order to solve the problem, in this study, conductive fibers are utilized as the displacement sensor for the pneumatic artificial muscle by replacing the fiber component of the artificial muscle. This paper describes the basic design of a smart pneumatic artificial muscle integrating the conductive fibers as the sensor. Additionally results of basic characteristics of the smart pneumatic artificial muscle are shown experimentally.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2335-2340
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781467396745
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7419123
Publication status	Published - Feb 24 2016
Event	IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015 - Zhuhai, China Duration: Dec 6 2015 → Dec 9 2015

Other

Other	IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015
Country	China
City	Zhuhai
Period	12/6/15 → 12/9/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Hardware and Architecture
Control and Systems Engineering

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Experimental investigation of conductive fibers for a smart pneumatic artificial muscle. / Misumi, Jumpei; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Suzumori, Koichi.

2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 2335-2340 7419123.

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Misumi, J, Wakimoto, S & Suzumori, K 2016, Experimental investigation of conductive fibers for a smart pneumatic artificial muscle. in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015., 7419123, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2335-2340, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015, Zhuhai, China, 12/6/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7419123

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