2A2-P05 Lifetime Evaluation and Improvement of Rubberless Artificial Muscle(Mechanism and Control for Actuator (2))

Abstract

This paper evaluates lifetime of Rubberless artificial muscle. We found the cause of short lifetime of the basic type Rubberless artificial muscle is crease of the air bag. Therefore, we tested several improvements in order to avoid creasing the air bag. The lifetime became 100 times as long as a basic type Rubberless artificial muscle by these improvements.