Development of Power Assist Glove using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle

• Sasaki Daisuke

  Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

• Noritsugu Toshiro

  Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

• Yamamoto Hiroshi

  Nabtesco Corporation

• Takaiwa Masahiro

  Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 空気圧ゴム人工筋を用いたパワーアシストグローブの開発
• クウキアツ ゴム ジンコウキン オ モチイタ パワーアシストグローブ ノ カイハツ

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a wearable power assist device for hand grasping in the activity of daily living of aged or disable person. In a wearable device, a mechanism is required to have a human friendliness such as a safety, a lightweight to prevent an accident and to improve the wearable condition. In order to satisfy these requirements, extended curved and linear type pneumatic rubber artificial muscles are developed as actuators for this glove. By using the rubber muscles, the glove can assist various daily finger tasks owing to its flexibility and lightweight. In this paper, the structures of two types of rubber muscles and the power assist glove are described, and the characteristics of these devices are discussed. Finally, the effectiveness of the glove to decrease the muscular fatigue is experimentally evaluated.

Journal

• Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan 24 (5), 640-646, 2006

  The Robotics Society of Japan

Keywords

• Pneumatic Soft Actuator
• Power Assist
• Wearable Robot
• Rubber Artificial Muscle

Details

• CRID: 1390001204724706432
• NII Article ID: 10018009509
• NII Book ID: AN00141189
• DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.24.640
• ISSN: 18847145
• ISSN: 02891824
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/02891824
• NDL BIB ID: 8039001
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8039001
• Text Lang: ja
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