Wearable Power Assist Device for Hand Grasping Using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle

Toshiro Noritsugu; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Daisuke Sasaki; Masahiro Takaiwa

doi:10.11499/sicep.2004.0_34_4

SICE Annual Conference 2004

DOI https://doi.org/10.11499/sicep.2004.0_34_4

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Host: The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Co-host: The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, The IEEE Control Systems Society, The IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society

Wearable Power Assist Device for Hand Grasping Using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle

*Toshiro Noritsugu, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Daisuke Sasaki, Masahiro Takaiwa

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Keywords: Power assisit, Rubber Artificial Muscle, Pneumatics

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a wearable power assist device for hand grasping in order to support Activity of Daily Living (ADL) safely and easily. In this paper, the mechanism of the developed power assist device is described, and then the effectiveness of this device is discussed experimentally.

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