Open Access
International Journal of Automation Technology, volume 5, issue 4, pages 544-550
Theoretical Comparison of McKibben-Type Artificial Muscle and Novel Straight-Fiber-Type Artificial Muscle
Tomori H., Nakamura T.
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2011-07-05
scimago Q2
SJR: 0.404
CiteScore: 2.1
Impact factor: 0.9
ISSN: 18817629, 18838022
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Abstract
Robots have entered human life, and closer relationships are being formed between humans and robots. It is desirable that these robots be flexible and lightweight. With this as our goal, we have developed an artificial muscle actuator using straight-fiber-type artificial muscles derived from the McKibben-type muscles, which have excellent contraction rate and force characteristics. In this study, we compared the steady state and dynamic characteristic of straightfiber-type and McKibben-type muscles and verified the usefulness of straight-fiber-type muscles.
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