DocumentCode
3264589
Title
A comparison of muscle with artificial actuators
Author
Hunter, I.W. ; Lafontaine, S.
Author_Institution
Biorobotics Lab., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fYear
1992
fDate
22-25 June 1992
Firstpage
178
Lastpage
185
Abstract
´Artificial´ actuator technologies under development include shape memory alloys, piezoelectric actuators, magnetostrictive actuators, contractile polymers and electrostatic actuators. The relevant properties of muscle are outlined and compared with a variety of artificial actuators. These and other actuators, such as regular and superconducting electromagnetic motors, internal combustion engines, hydraulic motors, pneumatic actuators, are reviewed and compared with muscle elsewhere (see Hunter, 1990; Hollerbach et al., 1991).<>
Keywords
actuators; biomechanics; muscle; physiological models; artificial actuators; hydraulic motors; internal combustion engines; magnetostrictive actuators; muscle; physiological models; pneumatic actuators; polymeric actuators; superconducting electromagnetic motors; Electrostatic actuators; Hydraulic actuators; Internal combustion engines; Magnetostriction; Muscles; Piezoelectric actuators; Pneumatic actuators; Polymers; Shape memory alloys; Superconducting magnets;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, 1992. 5th Technical Digest., IEEE
Conference_Location
Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0456-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SOLSEN.1992.228297
Filename
228297
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