Abstract
Recently, robotics has been applied to not only industrial areas but also cooperative works with humans. For example, life support robots and entertainment robots are developed. The purpose of this research is the development of a safety robot in cooperative works with humans by using an Extremely Lightweight Soft Actuator. The Extremely Lightweight Soft Actuator using pleated plastic films is driven by pneumatic pressure. The design method and the application to the soft actuator are novel approaches. We will describe the design method of the Extremely Lightweight Soft Actuator in this paper.
