Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Rehabilitation

Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Rehabilitation

Pneumatic artificial muscles are pneumatic devices with practical and various applications as common actuators. They, as human muscles, work in agonistic-antagonistic way, giving a traction force only when supplied by compressed air. The state of the art of soft pneumatic actuators is here analyzed:...

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Main Authors: Guido Belforte, Gabriella Eula, Alexandre Ivanov, Silvia Sirolli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Actuators
Subjects:
textile actuators
pneumatic muscles
pneumatic soft actuators
soft actuators for active cloths
active suits
new soft actuators for limbs rehabilitation
new motors for human limbs
soft actuators for human control movements
unusual woven applications
textile engineering for intelligent garments
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/3/2/84

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