TY - GEN
T1 - Development of pneumatic valves and a fiber sensor for a smart artificial muscle
AU - Omura, K.
AU - Goto, K.
AU - Wakimoto, S.
AU - Kanda, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported partially by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP 17K06121, 26249028.
Publisher Copyright:
© ACTUATOR 2018 - 16th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, Conference Proceedings.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A McKibben artificial muscle consists of a rubber tube and a sleeve with thin fibers, and is driven pneumatically. In order to control the artificial muscle, a sensor for measuring the driving state and a valve for controlling the pneumatic pressure are needed, however generally these devices are larger and more expensive than the artificial muscle. Therefore compact and cheap pneumatic control devices for the McKibben artificial muscles are required. In this study, we have developed a smart artificial muscle which has pressure detection and control functions. A conductive fiber as the sensor is knitted into the sleeve. Its electrical resistance depends on the inner pneumatic pressure of the artificial muscle. In addition small valves driven by the PWM signal are fabricated.From the fundamental experiments, the high possibility to realize a smart artificial muscle with pressure control function is indicated.
AB - A McKibben artificial muscle consists of a rubber tube and a sleeve with thin fibers, and is driven pneumatically. In order to control the artificial muscle, a sensor for measuring the driving state and a valve for controlling the pneumatic pressure are needed, however generally these devices are larger and more expensive than the artificial muscle. Therefore compact and cheap pneumatic control devices for the McKibben artificial muscles are required. In this study, we have developed a smart artificial muscle which has pressure detection and control functions. A conductive fiber as the sensor is knitted into the sleeve. Its electrical resistance depends on the inner pneumatic pressure of the artificial muscle. In addition small valves driven by the PWM signal are fabricated.From the fundamental experiments, the high possibility to realize a smart artificial muscle with pressure control function is indicated.
KW - Built-in Valve
KW - Conductive Fiber
KW - McKibben Artificial Muscle
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096528413
T3 - ACTUATOR 2018 - 16th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, Conference Proceedings
SP - 567
EP - 570
BT - ACTUATOR 2018 - 16th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, Conference Proceedings
A2 - Borgmann, Hubert
PB - VDE Verlag GmbH
T2 - 16th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, ACTUATOR 2018
Y2 - 25 June 2018 through 27 June 2018
ER -