• DocumentCode
    1828559
  • Title

    Static analysis of the Pneumatic Muscles used in robot arms

  • Author

    Samarasekara, A.P.K.G.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Math., Univ. of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-31 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    516
  • Lastpage
    519
  • Abstract
    The Pneumatic Muscle (PM) operation corresponds to the internal air pressure (P) and the extension (x) from the maximum contraction. The paper presents an analytical model for the applicable force (Fx) by the PM when x and P are given.
  • Keywords
    pneumatic control equipment; robot dynamics; extension; internal air pressure; pneumatic muscles; robot arms; Analytical models; Contracts; Defense industry; Humans; Manipulators; Muscles; Pulleys; Robot sensing systems; Rubber; Service robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sri Lanka
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4836-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4837-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429808
  • Filename
    5429808