Machine-Knitted Seamless Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robotics: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization

Machine-Knitted Seamless Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robotics: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization

Computerized machine knitting offers an attractive fabrication technology for incorporating wearable assistive devices into garments. In this work, we utilized, for the first time, whole-garment knitting techniques to manufacture a seamless fully knitted pneumatic bending actuator, which represents...

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Main Authors: Hend M. Elmoughni, Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Kadir Ozlem, Fidan Khalilbayli, Leonardo Cappello, Asli Tuncay Atalay, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Actuators
Subjects:
soft robotics
knitted actuators
wearables
assistive devices
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/10/5/94

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