2020
A Compact McKibben Muscle Based Bending Actuator for Close-to-Body Application in Assistive Wearable Robots
RA-L 2020
In this letter we demonstrate a pneumatic bending actuator for upper-limb assistive wearable robots which uses thin McKibben muscles in combination with a flexure strip. The actuator features both active soft actuation and passive gravity support, and in terms of force transmission bridges the gap b