Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Based on Biomechanical Characteristics of Human Muscles

This article reports the pneumatic artificial muscles based on biomechanical characteristics of human muscles. A wearable device and a rehabilitation robot that assist a human muscle should have characteristics similar to those of human muscle. In addition, since the wearable device and the rehabili...

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Main Authors: N. Saga, J. Nagase, T. Saikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/abbi.2006.0028