Improvement of Inflatable Robotic Arm Structure for High Power Performance

Abstract

Inflatable robotic arms have been researched because of its unique feature of the lightweight and flexible robotic structure. The feature seems to be suitable for several new robot fields. To increase of application fields, the power performance of the inflatable robot should be improved. For this purpose, we investigate material characteristics and redesign the joint parts of the inflatable robot. The improved power performance is demonstrated by some experimental results with 4-DOF inflatable robot.