For mechanical systems where a human–machine interface or interaction is necessary, it is
important to consider physical safety. In cases where robots and humans must coexist, these …

In recent years, soft components, such as pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), have been
increasingly employed to design safer wearable devices. Despite the inherent compliance of …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are linear pneumatic actuators consisting of a flexible
bladder with a set of in-extensible fibers woven as a sheath on the outside. Upon application …

Soft actuators, particularly pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), have been widely applied to
construct soft robotics owing to their superiorities of inherent compliance, lightweight, and …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) have gained wide use in the field of robotics due to their
ability to generate linear forces and motions with a simple mechanism, while remaining …

The performance of inflatable artificial muscles depends greatly on their designs and the
output shapes resulting from the geometric constraints. Although there have been attempts …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), also known as McKibben artificial muscles, are used in
a variety of applications owing to its many positive features, such as simple and lightweight …

A pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) has been widely adopted in a wide range of wearable
applications, but the bulkiness and the slow response of the actuator have remained a …

This study presents the design of a pneumatic artificial muscle with integrated soft optical
sensing for estimation of muscle contraction length and contraction force. Each optical …

We present a novel design for a multi-fingered robotic gripper, featuring underactuation and
fiber-optically sensorized tendons for force sensing, inspired by the Golgi tendon organs …