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Development and Evaluation of body weight reducing walker driven by pneumatic artificial muscle
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2023 This paper describes a body weight reducing walking support system using pneumatic artificial muscles. The user of the system walks while sitting on a saddle. The saddle supports the weight of the upper body and reduces the load on the lower limbs.
Naoki SAITO +3 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Soft Robotics Applications and Challenges
Applied Sciences, 2020 This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) and their future perspectives as soft actuators which have recently been considered as a key power generation component for soft robots.
Jung-Hwan Youn +6 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 A rapidly growing field of aquatic bio-inspired soft robotics takes advantage of the underwater animals’ bio-mechanisms, where its applications are foreseen in a vast domain such as underwater exploration, environmental monitoring, search and rescue, oil-
Sunil Kumar Rajendran, Feitian Zhang
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Dielectric elastomer artificial muscle materials advancement and soft robotic applications
SmartMat, 2023 Conventional robotic systems are built with rigid materials to deal with large forces and predetermined processes. Soft robotics, however, is an emerging field seeking to develop adaptable robots that can perform tasks in unpredictable environments and ...
Yuxuan Guo +5 more
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Actuators, 2022 With the diversification of robots, modularization of robots has been attracting attention. In our previous study, we developed a robot that mimics the principle of human joint drive using a straight-fiber-type pneumatic rubber artificial muscle ...
Tetsuhito Fujita +5 more
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Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles [PDF]
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 Two switchable, palindromically constituted bistable [3]rotaxanes have been designed and synthesized with a pair of mechanically mobile rings encircling a single dumbbell. These designs are reminiscent of a "molecular muscle" for the purposes of amplifying and harnessing molecular mechanical motions.
Liu, Yi +14 more
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A Smart, Textile-Driven, Soft Exosuit for Spinal Assistance
Sensors, 2023 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are often caused by repetitive lifting, making them a significant concern in occupational health. Although wearable assist devices have become the norm for mitigating the risk of back pain, most spinal ...
Kefan Zhu +13 more
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Nanomaterials, 2018 The unique biological features of supramolecular DNA have led to an increasing interest in biomedical applications such as biosensors. We have developed an i-motif and G-rich DNA conjugated single-walled carbon nanotube hybrid materials, which shows ...
Soyoung Chang +8 more
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Muscle synergies in neuroscience and robotics: from input-space to task-space perspectives [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper we review the works related to muscle synergies that have been carried-out in neuroscience and control engineering. In particular, we refer to the hypothesis that the central nervous system (CNS) generates desired muscle contractions by ...
Bastien eBerret +7 more
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Soft End Effector Using Spring Roll Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Actuators, 2023 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer robust, high-energy-density solutions for soft robotics. The proposed end effector consists of three spring roll configuration DEAs, each acting as a robotic finger, using a 3M VHB-F9473PC adhesive membrane ...
Hamish Lewis, Min Pan
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