TY - GEN
T1 - Flexible artificial muscle by bundle of McKibben fiber actuators
AU - Wakimoto, Shuichi
AU - Suzumori, Koichi
AU - Takeda, Jungo
PY - 2011/10/17
Y1 - 2011/10/17
N2 - McKibben actuator is well known as an artificial muscle because it realizes contraction force and displacement with high energy density. Therefore mechanical engineers have been applied the actuators to biomimetic robots, power assisting wear mechanisms and so on. Generally, "one" actuator has been used as "one" artificial muscle. Namely, if one artificial muscle of 10mm in diameter is necessary, one actuator of 10mm in diameter has been utilized.
AB - McKibben actuator is well known as an artificial muscle because it realizes contraction force and displacement with high energy density. Therefore mechanical engineers have been applied the actuators to biomimetic robots, power assisting wear mechanisms and so on. Generally, "one" actuator has been used as "one" artificial muscle. Namely, if one artificial muscle of 10mm in diameter is necessary, one actuator of 10mm in diameter has been utilized.
KW - artificial muscle
KW - bundle actutor
KW - pneumatic rubber actuator
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U2 - 10.1109/AIM.2011.6027056
DO - 10.1109/AIM.2011.6027056
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80053980426
SN - 9781457708381
T3 - IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
SP - 457
EP - 462
BT - 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2011
Y2 - 3 July 2011 through 7 July 2011
ER -