Printable pneumatic actuator using 3D printer

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  • 3Dプリンタを利用した印刷可能な空気圧アクチュエータの検討
  • -Preparation and evaluation of Pleated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles-
  • -Pleated Pneumatic Artificial Musclesの試作評価-

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<p>The pneumatic soft actuator converts the input energy by utilizing structural deformation or material deformation according to the applied pressure to obtain the output. Although various forms of operation are conceivable, in practice it was difficult to freely design under manufacturing constraints. In recent years, with the development of 3D printers, flexible materials such as rubber as well as hard materials such as conventional resin can be printed. It is now possible to manufacture an actuator having a complicated shape combining a resin material and a rubber material that have been difficult to produce. In this paper, Pleated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles using 3D printer which can design freely using resin and rubber material with fabricated and evaluated contraction characteristics.</p>

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