Performance of a muscle-like "leaky" pneumatic actuator powered by modulated air pulses

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 379-390

  Cocatre Zilgien, Jan H ^a   Delcomyn, Fred ^a   Hart, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSED AIR; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FREQUENCY MODULATION; MUSCLE; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE CONTROL; PULSE MODULATION; ROBOTS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

LEGGED ROBOTIC DEVICES; MUSCULAR ACTIVATION; NERVE IMPULSES; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0030164421     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199606)13:6<379::AID-ROB5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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