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System development of an artificial assistant suit

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The artificial assistant suit is one which can be put on the human upper body and help human’s two arms act. It is actuated by the Mckibben pneumatic artificial muscle (simply call it as the Mckibben muscle). The whole system is introduced including both the artificial assistant suit itself and the support subsystem. The configuration of the Mckibben muscles is analyzed. The measurement and control system is discussed. The characteristics of the electropneumatic valve are analyzed. The detection method of the action intention of the human arms by SEMG signals is discussed too.

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Acknowledgments

This study is supported by the project from Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, China (Pujiang Plan: 10PJ1409200).

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  1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, No. 100, Haiquan Road, Shanghai, 201418, China

    Huailin Zhao & Lin Wang

  2. School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, No. 130, Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Bei Wang

  3. Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nippon Bunri University, 1727 Oaza Itiki, Oita, 870-0397, Japan

    Masanori Sugisaka

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Zhao, H., Wang, L., Wang, B. et al. System development of an artificial assistant suit. Artif Life Robotics 17, 331–335 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-012-0087-4

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