3 accepted papers
The McKibben artificial muscle is a pneumatic soft actuator consisting of a rubber tube, with fibers covering it. In this study, we propose a new fabrication process to easily realize twisting artificial muscles by utilizing braiding technology and water-soluble fibers based on the McKibben artifici
This paper presents a soft manipulator which mimics the muscle structure of an octopus arm and its operation by the master-slave method by using a wearable interface. The soft manipulator consists of a rubber structure and McKibben artificial muscles arranged in axial and oblique directions. This ma…
An octopus arm has no rigid structure, it is mostly composed of muscles aligned in various directions and the nerves. The muscles are roughly aligned in three directions, and by driving the muscles selectively, the octopus arm can perform multiple functions such as the contracting, bending, torsion…