... gait analysis muscle pneumatic actuators prosthetics Above-knee lower-extremity prosthetics has experienced significant technological advances in recent years, such as the introduction of computer-controlled joint lock–unlock and impedance modulation. Despite the advances, the energetically...

... size and high performance, the described pneumatic actuator can provide sensory input that is otherwise unavailable during robotic surgery. In the balloon film characterization tests, a decrease in thickness uniformity was observed as the number of film layers increased and limited the usable surface...

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... combinations of compressive and shear loadings to the subject tissues. This device consists of a loading wheel, a force sensor, a pneumatic actuator, a control system and a data acquisition system. In this work, mechanical forces were applied to the lower limbs of rabbits with controllable magnitudes...

... ) to low power solenoid-like devices ( 22 ). Hydraulics have also been used in powered exoskeletons, but have proven to be slow and heavy ( 23 ). Pneumatics, on the other hand, can be both fast and light. Researchers, however, have moved away from traditional pneumatic actuators due to the stiction...