Questions tagged [air-muscle]
Air muscle or Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are contractile or extensional devices operated by pressurized air filling a pneumatic bladder. In a vague approximation of human muscles, PAMs are usually grouped in pairs: one agonist and one antagonist.
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How much Watt-hour would be necessary to fully actuate a thermal air-muscle?
There is a type of McKibben air-muscle called "untethered artificial muscles", this type in specific has a liquid inside of it that is heated through an specific method, generating steam ...
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What components and valves do you need for this pneumatic system of 4 actuators powered by commands and distributed in 2 lines?
I was designing a pneumatic system, fed by a compressor (Tank = 6 liters, Pmax = 8 bar, Motor power = 1.5 HP, Flow = 180 l/min), and consisting of its FRL, some hoses for the ducts 4 mm standard ...
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How to calculate the dimensions of a McKibben actuator based on the force you want it to apply?
I intend on design and build a McKibben hydraulic muscle that can lift 5 tons by itself, it won't be attached to a human or anything like that.
I tried to search for methods to calculate the amount of ...
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What are the materials and methods used to build ROMAC artificial air-muscles?
So, I was reading about pneumatic artificial muscles, and to my surprise I found that there is a lot of types of air-muscles.
One that called my attention was ROMAC artificial muscle:
In this article ...
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Stuck pneumatic cylinder
I've just received a baomain pneumatic cylinder from amazon (50 mm bore 100 mm stroke). When I tried to move it back and forth by hand, it wouldn't budge. Ive never used pneumatic cylinders for ...
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What is the opposite of 'Antagonistic'?
A robotic joint is connected to two actuators, e.g. air muscles. One flexes the joint, while the other extends it. This arrangement is called 'antagonistic'.
But what if I had an electric motor ...
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Suitable control algorithm for Air Muscle based joint?
I have a joint actuated by an antagonistic pair of Pneumatic Muscles.
There are two valves per muscle, one to fill and one to empty each muscle. The joint has an angle sensor, and each muscle also ...
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