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Recently, flexible and light actuators that mimic muscle fibers have been actively researched. Here, we focused on an electroactive polymer (EAP) dielectric elastomer. To construct the actuator, the dielectric elastomer is rolled into a tube, and extended by applying a voltage across its electrodes. In this paper, we experimentally obtained a static characteristic model of the electrostrictive rubber...
In recent years, robots have been used in medicine and everyday life. Therefore, it is desirable that these robots be flexible and lightweight. For this reason, we have studied and developed straight-fiber-type artificial muscles derived from McKibben-type muscles, which have excellent contraction rate and force characteristics. Last year, we developed a manipulator with six degrees of freedom using...
A reliable control method is proposed to cope with an unstable fluctuation caused by a loop failing in a multiple-loop control system. In this study, reliable control was applied to a Position servo system that was made to examine the reliable control method in an industrial machine and study its characteristics. The system uses an equivalent transfer function (ETF) for active redundancy compensation...
Robots have become an integral part of human life, and the relationship between humans and robots has grown closer. Thus, it is desired that robots have characteristics similar to humans. In this context, we paid attention to an artificial muscle actuator. We used straight-fiber-type artificial muscles, derived from the McKibben type, which have excellent characteristics with respect to the contraction...
A reliable control method is proposed for multiple loop control systems. If a feedback loop fails (e.g., as a result of a sensor breakdown), the control system develops an unstable fluctuation. To cope with this problem, the proposed method uses an equivalent transfer function (ETF) for active redundancy compensation after loop failure. The ETF is used to maintain the transfer function of the entire...
A reliable control method is proposed for multiple loop control systems. If a feedback loop fails (e.g., as a result of a sensor breakdown), the control system develops an unstable fluctuation. To cope with this problem, the proposed method uses an equivalent transfer function (ETF) for active redundancy compensation after the loop failure. The ETF does not change the transfer function of the entire...
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. For this reason, we studied and 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. However, these...
Recently, as robots and humans have increasingly come to share common spaces, especially in the fields of the medical and home automation, it has become necessary to consider the frequent physical collision of robots and humans. However, many robot joints employ actuators with high-ratio gear trains. Therefore, when this type robot comes into human contact it may cause pain. This study describes the...
This paper reports on the position and force control of pneumatic artificial muscles reinforced by straight glass fibers. This type of artificial muscle has a greater contraction ratio and power and a longer lifetime than conventional McKibben types. However, these muscles are highly non-linear; hence, it is difficult to use them in a mechanical system. Furthermore, this actuator has a high compliance...
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