組紐製造技術で実現する空気圧ソフトアクチュエータ

抄録

A McKibben artificial muscle and a Warszawa artificial muscle, which are typical pneumatic soft actuators, are configured with a rubber tube and fibers. The braider machines for making strings can make such pneumatic soft actuators because they can weave the fibers with various arrangements around the rubber tube. In this report, several pneumatic soft actuators developed by using braider machines and functional fibers are introduced. It is found that braider technology is useful for development of the pneumatic soft actuators.