Development of Power Assist Glove using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle
Development of Power Assist Glove using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle
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气动人造橡胶肌肉动力辅助手套的开发
DOI：
10.7210/jrsj.24.640
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发表时间：
2006
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通讯作者：
M. Takaiwa
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作者：
D. Sasaki;T. Noritsugu;Hiroshi Yamamoto;M. Takaiwa
本研究的目的是开发一种可穿戴式的助力装置，用于老年人或残疾人在日常生活活动中的手部抓握。在可穿戴设备中，需要一种机构具有诸如安全性、重量轻的人类友好性，以防止事故并改善可穿戴条件。为了满足这些要求，延伸弯曲和线性型气动橡胶人工肌肉被开发作为该手套的致动器。通过使用橡胶肌肉，由于其灵活性和重量轻，手套可以帮助各种日常手指工作。本文介绍了两种橡胶肌肉和助力手套的结构，并讨论了它们的特点。最后，实验评估了手套减少肌肉疲劳的有效性。
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.