Soft robotics is a growing area of research which utilizes the compliance and adaptability of
soft structures to develop highly adaptive robotics for soft interactions. One area in which soft …

It is a general assumption that pneumatic muscle-type actuators will play an important role in
the development of an assistive rehabilitation robotics system. In the last decade, the …

This work provides approaches to designing and fabricating soft fluidic elastomer robots.
That is, three viable actuator morphologies composed entirely from soft silicone rubber are …

We developed a pneumatically powered orthosis for the human ankle joint. The orthosis
consisted of a carbon fiber shell, hinge joint, and two artificial pneumatic muscles. One …

A pneumatic muscle (PM) system was studied to determine whether a three-element model
could describe its dynamics. As far as the authors are aware, this model has not been used …

Two main challenges in using a pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) actuator are the
nonlinearity of pneumatic system and the nonlinearity of the PAM dynamics. The latter is …

Pneumatic technology has been successfully applied for over two millennia. Even today,
pneumatic cylinder based technology forms the keystone of many manufacturing processes …

The inherent compliance of soft fluidic actuators makes them attractive for use in wearable
devices and soft robotics. Their flexible nature permits them to be used without traditional …

Natural muscle provides excellent motilities for animals. As the basic unit of the muscle
system, the skeletal muscle fibers function as a soft linear actuator. Inspired by the muscle …

Biological muscles exhibit a high level of integration, in which actuators, sensors and
transmission elements can be included in one component. Artificial muscles or actuators …