DocumentCode
2740025
Title
A Survey on applications of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
Author
Andrikopoulos, Georgios ; Nikolakopoulos, Georgios ; Manesis, Stamatis
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Patras, Achaia, Greece
fYear
2011
fDate
20-23 June 2011
Firstpage
1439
Lastpage
1446
Abstract
The aim of this article is to present a survey on applications of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs). PAMs are highly non-linear pneumatic actuators where their elongation is proportional to the interval pressure. During the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the industrial and scientific utilization of PAMs due to their advantages such as high strength and small weight, while various types of PAMs with different technical characteristics have been appeared in the relative scientific literature. This article will summarize the key enabling applications in PAMs that are focusing in the following areas: a) Biorobotic, b) Medical, c) Industrial, and d) Aerospace applications.
Keywords
muscle; nonlinear control systems; pipes; pneumatic actuators; PAM; interval pressure; nonlinear pneumatic actuators; pneumatic artificial muscles; Actuators; Humans; Leg; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Pneumatic systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control & Automation (MED), 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location
Corfu
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0124-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MED.2011.5982983
Filename
5982983
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