Embedding Bifurcations into Pneumatic Artificial Muscle. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh), 2023 AbstractHarnessing complex body dynamics has long been a challenge in robotics, particularly when dealing with soft dynamics, which exhibit high complexity in interacting with the environment. Recent studies indicate that these dynamics can be used as a computational resource, exemplified by the McKibben pneumatic artificial muscle, a common soft ...
Akashi N +6 more
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What Is an Artificial Muscle? A Systemic Approach.
Actuators, 2015 Artificial muscles define a large category of actuators we propose to analyze in a systemic framework by considering any artificial muscle as an open-loop stable system for any output which represents an artificial muscle dimension resulting from its ...
Bertrand Tondu
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Fabrication and Characterization of Cu2+-Driven PTFE-Reinforced Artificial Muscle Polymer Membrane for Water Purification and Energy Harvesting Applications [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Ionic polymer membranes have not yet gained widespread practical application in areas such as water purification and energy harvesting due to their high cost and tendency to swell.
Venkata Dinesh Avvari +1 more
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Integrated Mechano-Electrochemical Harvesting Fiber and Thermally Responsive Artificial Muscle for Self-Powered Temperature–Strain Dual-Parameter Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Significant progress in healthcare fields around the world has inspired us to develop a wearable strain–temperature sensor that can monitor biomedical signals in daily life.
Hyeon Jun Sim +3 more
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Biomimetic cell-actuated artificial muscle with nanofibrous bundles [PDF]
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2021 Biohybrid artificial muscle produced by integrating living muscle cells and their scaffolds with free movement in vivo is promising for advanced biomedical applications, including cell-based microrobotic systems and therapeutic drug delivery systems ...
Yongwoo Jang +5 more
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Design and Force/Angle Independent Control of a Bionic Mechanical Ankle Based on an Artificial Muscle Matrix [PDF]
BiomimeticsInspired by the natural skeletal muscles, this paper presents a novel shape memory alloy-based artificial muscle matrix (AMM) with advantages of a large output force and displacement, flexibility, and compactness. According to the composition of the AMM,
Zhikun Jia +4 more
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Application of artificial muscle e-rubber for healthcare sensing: verification of measurement properties as a smart insole [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyElectroactive polymer (EAP) artificial muscles are gaining attention in robotic control technologies. Among them, the development of self-sensing actuators that integrate sensing mechanisms within artificial muscles is highly anticipated.
Hidemasa Yoneda +10 more
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One Soft Step: Bio-Inspired Artificial Muscle Mechanisms for Space Applications [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Soft robots, devices with deformable bodies and powered by soft actuators, may fill a hitherto unexplored niche in outer space. All space-bound payloads are heavily limited in terms of mass and volume, due to the cost of launch and the size of spacecraft.
Joseph Ashby +8 more
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DE-AFO: A Robotic Ankle Foot Orthosis for Children with Cerebral Palsy Powered by Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle [PDF]
SensorsConventional passive ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) have not seen substantial advances or functional improvements for decades, failing to meet the demands of many stakeholders, especially the pediatric population with neurological disorders. Our objective is
Vahid Mohammadi +5 more
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Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2023 Vertebrates achieve a high degree of flexibility and skillful performance via a musculoskeletal system consisting of multiple joints. These joints are simultaneously driven by some multi-articular muscles, which run over two or more joints and ...
Yuta ISHIKAWA +2 more
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