Double-Acting Sleeve Muscle Actuator for Bio-Robotic Systems

This paper presents a new type of muscle-like actuator, namely double-acting (DA) sleeve muscle actuator, which is suitable for the actuation of biologically-inspired and biomedical robotic systems, especially those serving human-assistance purposes (prostheses, orthoses, etc.). Developed based on t...

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Main Authors: Hao Zheng, Xiangrong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/2/4/129