Soft Pneumatic Muscles: Revolutionizing Human Assistive Devices with Geometric Design and Intelligent Control

M Elsamanty, MA Hassaan, M Orban, K Guo, H Yang… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft robotics, a recent advancement in robotics systems, distinguishes itself by utilizing soft
and flexible materials like silicon rubber, prioritizing safety during human interaction, and …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Soft robotics: A review of recent developments of pneumatic soft actuators

J Walker, T Zidek, C Harbel, S Yoon, FS Strickland… - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

A new design and analysis of low-profile soft rotary pneumatic actuator for enhanced rotation and torque

YM Lee, H Moon, HR Choi… - The International Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Soft actuators producing bending motions have gained significant attention for their
advantages in mimicking the properties and movements of human muscles. However, the …

Movement monitoring system for a pneumatic muscle actuator

OS Sokolov, A Hosovsky, VO Ivanov, IV Pavlenko - 2023 - essuir.sumdu.edu.ua
Recent advancements in soft pneumatic robot research have demonstrated these robots'
capability to interact with the environment and humans in various ways. Their ability to move …

A review on the development of pneumatic artificial muscle actuators: Force model and application

B Kalita, A Leonessa, SK Dwivedy - Actuators, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are soft and flexible linear pneumatic actuators which
produce human muscle like actuation. Due to these properties, the muscle actuators have …

Novel design of a soft lightweight pneumatic continuum robot arm with decoupled variable stiffness and positioning

ME Giannaccini, C Xiang, A Atyabi, T Theodoridis… - Soft robotics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Soft robot arms possess unique capabilities when it comes to adaptability, flexibility, and
dexterity. In addition, soft systems that are pneumatically actuated can claim high power-to …

Semi-physical modeling of soft pneumatic actuators with stiffness tuning

P Fairchild, N Shepard, Y Mei… - ASME Letters in …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The inherent low stiffness in soft robots makes them preferable for working in close proximity
to humans. However, having this low stiffness creates challenges when operating in terms of …

Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Pneumatic Artificial Muscle and Pneumatic Arm Exoskeleton

HD Yang - 2017 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
The soft robotics field is developing rapidly and is poised to have a wide impact in a variety
of applications. Soft robots have intrinsic compliance, offering a number of benefits as …

Computational modeling and experimental characterization of pneumatically driven actuators for the development of a soft robotic arm

SG Nuthi - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Soft Poly-Limb (SPL) is a pneumatically driven, wearable, soft continuum robotic
arm designed to aid humans with medical conditions, such as cerebral palsy, paraplegia …