Finite-element analysis of some pneumatically-actuated wrist-rehabilitation equipment

Pneumatically Actuated Exoskeleton for Gait Rehabilitation

This paper describe the mechanical and control system design of a 10 DOF (Degrees Of Freedom) lower limbs exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation of patients with gait dysfunction. The system has 4 double-acting rod pneumatic actuators (two for each leg), that controls the hip and knee joints. Motion of each cylinder’s piston is controlled by two pressure proportional valves, connected to both cyli...

Gait Training using Pneumatically Actuated Robot System

A PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BRACE DESIGNED FOR UPPER EXTREMITY STROKE REHABILITATION by CAREY REID

Contributions to the Behavioural Study of Pneumatically Actuated Artificial Muscles

The utilization of pneumatic muscles in various industrial applications is still in an early phase, due to the relative newness of these components. In this paper the authors present results of the ongoing theoretical and experimental research on the operational behaviour of pneumatic muscles. Information is presented concerning muscle structure, as well as data on the generated forces, positio...

Modeling and Simulation of a Pneumatically-Actuated Rescue Robot

A four-legged pneumatically actuated search and rescue robot is presented as a system with potentially enhanced versatility relative to existing rescue robots. The usage of fluid powered actuation, combined with tele-operation of the robot via an operator workstation, enables the twelve degree of freedom robot to better manipulate large objects. A simulation is developed to enable ease of desig...