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Novel Compact Robotic Flow Control Valve for Bioinspired Exosuit and Other Applications

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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1400))

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Abstract

Currently, there are no low-cost commercially available fluid control valves that are suitable for a wide range of wearable robotics applications. To address this market shortcoming, the Compact Robotic Flow Control (CRFC) has been recently introduced. This 3-way 3-position proportional control valve utilizing a servo to implement a choking mechanism that proportionally lessens or widens the inlet opening takes up only 1/7th of the volume and 1/10th of the weight of the best on-off commercially available valve unit in the same “cost” range. It also exhibits relatively fast response times comparable to the response time of on-off valves priced roughly 10 times more than the CRFC valve manufacturing cost. The CRFC valve is reviewed in detail and ongoing work on several advanced applications including wearable exosuit is discussed.

J. D’Agostino, E. Clarrissimeaux, and S. Moffat—Contributed Equally.

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  1. Robotics Engineering Department, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA

    Julia D’Agostino, Shannon Moffat, Juan D. Florez-Castillo, Felix Sanchez, Matthew Bowers & Marko Popovic

  2. Popovic Labs, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA

    Julia D’Agostino, Ellen Clarrissimeaux, Shannon Moffat, Juan D. Florez-Castillo, Felix Sanchez, Matthew Bowers & Marko Popovic

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA

    Julia D’Agostino, Ellen Clarrissimeaux & Shannon Moffat

  4. Physics Department, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA

    Marko Popovic

  5. Biomedical Engineering Department, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA

    Marko Popovic

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D’Agostino, J. et al. (2021). Novel Compact Robotic Flow Control Valve for Bioinspired Exosuit and Other Applications. In: Ye, X., et al. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1400. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72379-8_2

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