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Shoichiro Koizumi

2 accepted papers

2019

Fabrication of "18 Weave" Muscles and Their Application to Soft Power Support Suit for Upper Limbs Using Thin McKibben Muscle

RA-L 2019

In this letter, we propose a novel active weave named “18 Weave” using a thin McKibben muscle and report on the application to a prototype soft power support suit for the upper limb. The active weave utilizes the flexibility of the thin McKibben muscle, which is used for warps and wefts. From the pr

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2018

Braiding Thin McKibben Muscles to Enhance Their Contracting Abilities

RA-L 2018

This letter presents a novel concept of braiding thin McKibben muscles to improve their contracting ability compared to original muscles. Whereas a single original muscle and the conventional bundled muscle had a contracting ratio of 28%, braiding the muscles realized a contracting ratio of 37%. We

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