Displacement Sensing of an Active String Actuator Using a Step-Index Multimode Optical Fiber Sensor

A thin McKibben artificial muscle is a pneumatic actuator with an outer diameter of only 1.8 mm. We fabricated a string-shaped actuator called an “active string actuator,” which achieves a high contractile displacement by accumulating thin McKibben artificial muscles. To control the displacement, th...

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Main Authors: Weihang Tian, Shuichi Wakimoto, Takefumi Kanda, Daisuke Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3232