Bio-mimetic Behaviour of IPMC Artificial Muscle Using EMG Signal

Author

Jain, R.K. ; Datta, S. ; Majumder, S. ; Mukherjee, S. ; Sadhu, D. ; Samanta, S. ; Banerjee, K.

Author_Institution

DMS/Micro Robot. Lab., Central Mech. Eng. Res. Inst., Durgapur, India

fYear

2010

fDate

16-17 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

190

Abstract

Assistive devices such as prosthetic and orthotic devices as well as micro robotic arm can perform similar operation of a human arm when these are actuated by muscle power. The generated force is transferred through an electro-mechanical system. Most of electro mechanical devices are heavy and are not compatible with muscular system. However, an ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) has tremendous potential as an artificial muscle and is driven by a low voltage range between -3 to +3 V. In this paper, bio-mimetic actuation of IPMC is studied. The electric voltage is detected by electromyographic (EMG) signal through human muscle and is transferred to IPMC. It is observed that an IPMC shows similar behaviour and controls of a human fore arm.

Keywords

artificial organs; biomimetics; composite materials; electromyography; microactuators; micromechanical devices; microrobots; orthotics; polymers; prosthetics; EMG signal; IPMC artificial muscle; artificial muscle; biomimetic actuation; electric voltage; electromechanical system; electromyographic signal; human arm; ionic polymer metal composite; microrobotic arm; muscle power; orthotic device; prosthetic device; Control systems; Electromyography; Humans; Muscles; Polymers; Prosthetics; Robots; IPMC; actuator and EMG; artificial muscle; bio-mimetic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing (ARTCom), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kottayam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8093-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4201-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARTCom.2010.49

Filename

5656964