STUDY ON A NEW TYPE OF SOFT RUBBER ACTUATOR WITH HUMAN COMPATIBILITY
作者单位：Department of Electrical and Control Engineering Nara National College of Technology 22 Yata-choYamato-KoriyamaNaraJapan
会议名称：《第四届全国流体传动与控制学术会议》
会议日期：2006年
学科分类：08[工学] 080401[工学-精密仪器及机械] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器]
关 键 词：Pneumatic Soft Actuator Silicone Human Compatibility Hybrid Actuator
摘 要：In this paper, we investigate a new type of soft rubber actuator to realize a human friendly support device. Since the structure of the actuator is a soft mechanism that a sponge rubber is covered with silicone rubber, the actuator can realize a flexible motion to a human body. Further, the actuator can estimate external forces by making use of the equation with respect to the relation between inner pressure and external force. Therefore, the actuator can be used as a force sensor. In this study, we clear basic characteristics of the proposed actuator.