Preliminary Study on Application of Tensegrity Module Driven by Thin McKibben Muscles to Variable- diameter Wheels

Hiroyuki Nabae; Ryota Kobayashi; Koichi Suzumori

doi:10.57272/jciftomm.8.0_134

Vol. 8 (2025)

DOI https://doi.org/10.57272/jciftomm.8.0_134

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Host: Japanese Council of IFToMM

Name : The 8th Jc-IFToMM International Symposium (in conjunction with The 31st Jc-IFToMM Symposium on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms)

Location : Nagano, Japan

Date : June 21, 2025 - June 22, 2025

Preliminary Study on Application of Tensegrity Module Driven by Thin McKibben Muscles to Variable- diameter Wheels

*Hiroyuki Nabae, Ryota Kobayashi, Koichi Suzumori

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Pages 134-135

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Abstract

This paper presents a morphological tensegrity wheel driven by thin McKibben muscles. Through driving experiments, we demonstrate that the tensegrity module is capable of functioning as a wheel with a variable diameter.

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