The development of a frictionless pneumatic actuator: A mechatronic step towards safe human-robot interaction

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM '05

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 179-184

  Corteville, Brecht ^a   Van Brussel, Hendrik ^a   Al Bender, Farid ^a   Nuttin, Marnix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bio inspired manipulation; Direct drive actuator; Pneumatics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC DRIVES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANIPULATORS; PNEUMATICS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

BIO-INSPIRED MANIPULATION; DIRECT-DRIVE ACTUATORS; FRICTIONLESS PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR (FPA);

PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33748901142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMECH.2005.1529249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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