Development of pneumatic control system for walking assist using dual On/Off valves

2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 138-143

  Takanaka, Kenta ^a   Nakmura, Taro ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual PWM control system; the schematic of the straight fiber type artificial muscle; walking assist

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; DUAL-PWM; ON/OFF VALVES; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; THEORETICAL EQUATION; WALKING ASSISTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84879381434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMECH.2013.6518525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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