Improved modelling and assessment of pneumatic muscle actuators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 3641-3646

  Tsagarakis, N ^a   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION EFFECTS; MCKIBBEN MUSCLES; PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS; RADIAL PRESSURE LOSS;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FORCE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE DROP; ROBOTICS;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 0033718125     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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