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Mixed phase activated artificial muscle

Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2018
This article presents the mixed phase as the pressure medium of hydraulic artificial muscles, which has rarely been mentioned before. Then a novel mixed phase activated artificial muscle is designed.
Wanda ZHAO, He XU, Auysakul JUTAMANEE, Mingyu HU, Chang LI, Le ZHU   +5 more
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Static characteristics of the new artificial pneumatic muscle [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2022
The pneumatic artificial muscles are used as driving elements of mobile, anthropomorphic, bionic and humanoid robots as well as rehabilitation and physiotherapeutic manipulators.
Takosoglu Jakub
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Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles [PDF]

, 2017
Artificial muscles hold promise for safe and powerful actuation for myriad common machines and robots. However, the design, fabrication, and implementation of artificial muscles are often limited by their material costs, operating principle, scalability,
Robert J. Wood, Wood, Robert J., Vogt, Daniel M., Li, Shuguang, Rus, Daniela L, Shuguang Li, Vogt, Daniel, Wood, Robert, Daniel M. Vogt, Rus, Daniela, Daniela Rus   +10 more
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Mechanical awareness from sensing artificial muscles: Experiments and modeling [PDF]

, 2014
The theoretical description of electrochemical artificial muscles sensing while working any mechanical perturbation is presented and corroborated by experimental results.
Fernández Otero, Toribio, Otero, Toribio F., Martínez Gil, José Gabriel, Martinez, Jose G.   +3 more
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A Portable Real-Time Test Bench for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Machines, 2023
Recently, a significant amount of research has been devoted to soft robots. Artificial muscles belong to the most important components of soft robots. Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) represent the technology that comes closest to the capabilities ...
Lukas Sohlbach, Sushil Bhatta, Fernando Perez-Peña, Karsten Schmidt   +3 more
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Design of wool yarn artificial muscles of double-helix structure and application of moisture-sensing smart textiles

Xi'an Gongcheng Daxue xuebao, 2022
At present, there are some problems with fiber-based artifical mucles, such as harsh stimulation conditions, chemical toxicity, and high cost, To remove the barriers of their application in intelligent textiles, was investigated the fabrication ...
PENG Yangyang, GAO Weidong, SUN Fengxin
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Functional characterization of orbicularis oculi and extraocular muscles [PDF]

, 2016
The orbicularis oculi are the sphincter muscles of the eyelids and are involved in modulating facial expression. They differ from both limb and extraocular muscles (EOMs) in their histology and biochemistry. Weakness of the orbicularis oculi muscles is a
Zorzato, Francesco, Sekulic-Jablanovic, M, Ullrich, Nina D., Zorzato, F, Goldblum, D, Sekulic-Jablanovic, Marijana, Goldblum, David, Treves, Susan, Palmowski-Wolfe, Anja, Ullrich, ND, Palmowski-Wolfe, A, Treves, S   +11 more
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Artificial muscles: Reducing the gap with natural muscles

, 2018
Humans, animals and plants are a source of inspiration for developing robots. Materials and devices, including robots, are being developed with properties, appearance, kinds of movements or behavior similar to those of biological systems, so called ...
Martinez, Jose Gabriel
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Vacuum-enhanced dielectric elastomer counterpulsation for in-vivo diastolic augmentation

Materials Today Advances
Cardiac assist devices based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer a promising alternative to conventional mechanical circulatory support by providing soft and adaptive mechanical assistance.
Amine Benouhiba, Silje Ekroll Jahren, Armando Walter, Francesco Clavica, Paul Philipp Heinisch, Jürgen Hörer, Thierry Carrel, Dominik Obrist, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +9 more
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High Energy and Power Density Peptidoglycan Muscles through Super‐Viscous Nanoconfined Water

Advanced Science, 2022
Water‐responsive (WR) materials that reversibly deform in response to humidity changes show great potential for developing muscle‐like actuators for miniature and biomimetic robotics.
Haozhen Wang, Zhi‐Lun Liu, Jianpei Lao, Sheng Zhang, Rinat Abzalimov, Tong Wang, Xi Chen   +6 more
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