Pneumatic artificial muscles: Actuators for robotics and automation

European Journal of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-21

  Daerden, Frank ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actuators; Compliance; Lightweight; McKibben muscles; Pleated pneumatic artificial muscles; Pneumatic artificial muscles; Pneumatics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BELLOWS; COMPRESSED AIR; MEMBRANES; PNEUMATICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROBOTICS;

FLEXIBLE REINFORCED CLOSED MEMBRANE; GAS PRESSURE; LIGHTWEIGHT; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036502997     PISSN: 00353612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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