Muscle-Like Soft Actuation for Motor-Less Robotic Exoskeletons

Julian Colorado, John Bermeo, Fredy Cuellar, Catalina Alvarado-Rojas, Diego Mendez, Angela Iragorri, Ivan Mondragon

2023

Abstract

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have opened new alternatives upon conventional actuation technologies used in robotics. SMA-based actuators are also known as muscle-like actuation mechanisms, in which Nickel titanium (Nitinol) fibers operate as artificial tendons for soft actuation. This paper explores the use and limits of tendon-like SMA actuation for a robotic exoskeleton to actively support hand motion rehabilitation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Colorado J., Bermeo J., Cuellar F., Alvarado-Rojas C., Mendez D., Iragorri A. and Mondragon I. (2023). Muscle-Like Soft Actuation for Motor-Less Robotic Exoskeletons. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO; ISBN 978-989-758-670-5, SciTePress, pages 683-688. DOI: 10.5220/0012194200003543

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco23,
author={Julian Colorado and John Bermeo and Fredy Cuellar and Catalina Alvarado-Rojas and Diego Mendez and Angela Iragorri and Ivan Mondragon},
title={Muscle-Like Soft Actuation for Motor-Less Robotic Exoskeletons},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO},
year={2023},
pages={683-688},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012194200003543},
isbn={978-989-758-670-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO
TI - Muscle-Like Soft Actuation for Motor-Less Robotic Exoskeletons
SN - 978-989-758-670-5
AU - Colorado J.
AU - Bermeo J.
AU - Cuellar F.
AU - Alvarado-Rojas C.
AU - Mendez D.
AU - Iragorri A.
AU - Mondragon I.
PY - 2023
SP - 683
EP - 688
DO - 10.5220/0012194200003543
PB - SciTePress