Steven Vogel wrote:
> I'd like to track down information about materials or devices that mimic
> the action of muscle - that is, systems (engines, really) that forcefully
> pull their ends together in response to some kind of triggering command.
> Leads would be appreciated.
We once did work on a pneumatic muscle; it was rigged to produce
high-torque rotations, but could easily be modified to pull. See
Nick Tillett, Nick Vaughan, and Adrian Bowyer: An improved flexible
pneumatic joint for horticultural robots. Mechatronics 4(1994)653.
And also Nick Tillett's PhD thesis: N.D. Tillett - Pneumatic actuator
for use in horticultural robots; University of Bath PhD thesis, 1998.
Yours
Adrian
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