The concept and design of pleated pneumatic artificial muscles

International Journal of Fluid Power

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 41-50

  Daerden, Frank ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actuator; Compliance; Lightweight; McKibben muscle; PAM; Pleated pneumatic artificial muscle; Pneumatic; PPAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978749359     PISSN: 14399776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14399776.2001.10781119     Document Type: Article

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