How to Easily Make Self-Sensing Pneumatic Inverse Artificial Muscles.

ABSTRACT: Wearable mechatronics for powered orthoses, exoskeletons and prostheses require improved soft actuation systems acting as 'artificial muscles' that are capable of large strains, high stresses, fast response and self-sensing and that show electrically safe operation, low specific weight and large compliance. Among the diversity of soft actuation technologies under investigation, pneumatic devices have been the focus, during the last couple of decades, of renewed interest as an intrinsically soft artificial muscle technology, due to technological advances stimulated by applications in soft robotics. As of today, quite a few solutions are available to endow a pneumatic soft device with linear actuation and self-sensing ability, while also easily achieving these features with off-the-shelf mat

SUBMITTER: Potnik V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10968065 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature