So-Young Ahn

Soft Wearable Robot With Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-Based Artificial Muscle for Assisting With Elbow Flexion and Forearm Supination/Pronation

This letter proposes a soft wearable robot with shape memory alloy (SMA)-based artificial muscle to assist with upper limb motion. The SMA-based artificial muscle was designed by embedding a bundle of SMA coil springs into a stretchable coolant vessel, which allows active cooling of the SMA bundles