Current health services are struggling to provide optimal rehabilitation therapy to victims of
stroke. This has motivated researchers to explore the use of robotic devices to provide …

The so-called McKibben artificial muscle is one of the most efficient and currently one of the
most widely used fluidic artificial muscles, due to the simplicity of its design, combining ease …

This work presents a comprehensive open‐source simulation and design tool for Soft
pneumatic actuators (SPAs) using finite element method, compatible and extensible to a …

This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

Morphing, understood as the ability to undergo pronounced shape adaptations to optimally
respond to a diversity of operational conditions, has been singled out as a future direction in …

A review of morphing concepts with a strong focus on morphing skins is presented.
Morphing technology on aircraft has found increased interest over the last decade because …

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 …

Soft-bending actuators are inherently compliant, compact, and lightweight. They are
preferable candidates over rigid actuators for robotic applications ranging from physical …

We constructed a powered ankle–foot orthosis for human walking with a novel myoelectric
controller. The orthosis included a carbon fiber and polypropylene shell, a metal hinge joint …

Braided pneumatic artificial muscles, and in particular the better known type with a double
helical braid usually called the McKibben muscle, seem to be at present the best means for …