Optimum design of pneumatic multi-chamber rubber tube actuator generating traveling deformation waves for colonoscope insertion

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 31-36

  Onoe, Hisakazu ^a   Suzumori, Koichi ^a   Wakimoto, Shuichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Linear actuator assisting colonoscope insertion; Pneumatic

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DEFORMATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FLUID MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PNEUMATICS; RUBBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ACTUATOR DESIGN; BASIC IDEA; DEFORMATION WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LINEAR ACTUATOR ASSISTING COLONOSCOPE INSERTION; LINEAR ACTUATORS; NON-LINEAR FEM; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PNEUMATIC; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; RUBBER TUBES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 52449089919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2008.4601630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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