Very high force hydraulic McKibben artificial muscle with a p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole cord sleeve

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 233-254

  Mori, Mayuko ^a   Suzumori, Koichi ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^b   Hosoya, Takashi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ShinMaywa Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydraulic actuator; McKibben artificial muscle; Power robot; Rescue robot; Rubber actuator

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ENERGY DENSITY; FORCE CAPABILITIES; FORCE DENSITY; HIGH ENERGY; HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR; LIGHTWEIGHT ACTUATORS; LINEAR ACTUATOR; MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; MCKIBBEN MUSCLE; P-PHENYLENE; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; RESCUE ROBOT; ULTRA-HIGH; WATER HYDRAULICS;

ACTUATORS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULICS; MICROMACHINING; ROBOTS; RUBBER;

MUSCLE;

EID: 76649117760     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/016918609X12586209967366     Document Type: Article

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