Braid effects on contractile range and friction modeling in pneumatic muscle actuators

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Davis, S ^a   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuators; Braided pneumatic Muscle Actuators (pMA); Friction; McKibben muscles; Modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL;

AXIAL CONTRACTION; BRAIDED PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS (PMA); MCKIBBEN MUSCLES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33645654487     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906063227     Document Type: Article

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