Title : 
Dynamics of pneumatic muscle actuator: Measurement and modeling
         
        
            Author : 
Pitel, J. ; Tothova, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Math., Inf. & Cybern., Tech. Univ. of Kosice, Presov, Slovakia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Due to strongly non-linear characteristics of the pneumatic muscle actuator it is necessary to have suitable dynamic model of this actuator for use in advanced control algorithms. Based on analysis of the actuator principal function and description of its main components the simulation model of the antagonistic actuator with pneumatic artificial muscles using different muscle models was designed and simulated in Matlab / Simulink environment. In the paper there are compared the actuator dynamic characteristics obtained by simulation with the real measured data on the experimental actuator.
         
        
            Keywords : 
pneumatic actuators; Matlab-Simulink environment; actuator dynamic characteristics; actuator dynamic model; actuator principal function; antagonistic actuator; control algorithms; pneumatic artificial muscles; pneumatic muscle actuator; Actuators; Biological system modeling; Dynamics; Mathematical model; Muscles; Solenoids; Valves; artificial muscles; dynamic characteristics; muscle model; pneumatic actuator;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Control Conference (ICCC), 2014 15th International Carpathian
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Velke Karlovice
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-3527-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CarpathianCC.2014.6843642