Interest in soft actuators has increased enormously in the last 10 years. Thanks to their
compliance and flexibility, they are suitable to be employed to actuate devices that must …

In human manipulation, the evaluation of the contact area as a function of the applied forces
is fundamental for understanding impedance properties of the fingertip. This paper aims at …

This paper presents a novel flat modular pneumatic artificial muscle (FMPAM) consisting of
thin-film cylinder modules, which have no expansion in the thickness direction when …

In this study, a novel pouch-type pneumatic artificial muscle for wearable applications with a
high contraction ratio was proposed. It utilizes a rotary plate-belt mechanism to transfer the …

Robots that enable safe human-robot collaboration can be realized by using compliant drive
units. In previous works, different mechanical designs of compliant pneumatic rotary drive …

This paper proposes a pneumatic artificial muscle based on a novel winding method. By this
method, the inflation of silicone tubes is transformed to the contraction of muscle, whereas …

Active and semiactive actuators have been widely preferred for designing an actuation
system for kinesthetic-type haptic devices. Among them, magnetorheological fluid-based …

In the serial hybrid electric propulsion system of a small propeller aircraft the battery state of
charge is fluctuating due to the diversity of possible power flows. Overwhelming visual …

En las últimas décadas se ha visto un desarrollo tecnológico muy importante en la robótica
blanda comparable a la de los inicios del internet, que ha causado que los robots sean …

Für den Antrieb kollaborativer Knickarmroboter stellen pneumatische Antriebe eine
Alternative zu den bewährten elektrischen Antriebseinheiten dar. In der vorliegenden Arbeit …