Interest in soft actuators has increased enormously in the last 10 years. Thanks to their
compliance and flexibility, they are suitable to be employed to actuate devices that must …

The McKibben muscle belongs to the type of muscles known as braided muscles. It is made
of an inner hyper-elastic tube, surrounded by a braided shell made of inextensible threads; …

Soft robotics provides a novel solution for automation processes which require high flexibility
and safe interaction with human or delicate objects. Soft Pneumatic Actuator (SPA)—the …

In the present work, we show the development of an active exoskeletal device to aid the
spine. This device is targeted at able-bodied people, who for various reasons may need …

The McKibben muscle types are pneumatic actuators known to be intrinsically safe for their
high power-to-weight ratio. For these reasons, they are suitable for robotic, biomechanical …

In this paper, the designs and manufacturing process of a powered upper limb orthosis are
presented. The orthosis is an exoskeleton worn on one arm by the user and fixed to the …

This paper presents some prototypes of textile pneumatic muscles developed at the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) of the Politecnico di …

This paper presents the development and implementation of a pneumatic muscle actuator
based on an idea proposed by a research group at the University of Warsaw. The muscle …

Pneumatic soft actuators produce flexion and meet the new needs of collaborative robotics,
which is rapidly emerging in the industry landscape 4.0. The soft actuators are not only …

In this paper, the design of a 2-dof (degrees of freedom) rehabilitation robot for upper limbs
driven by pneumatic muscle actuators is presented. This paper includes the different aspects …