The lightness and softness of pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) contribute to their safe use in mechanical devices involved with humans. However, a PAM has limited range of motion (ROM) and a stroke-dependent output force. In this paper, a mecha...
2019 International Symposium on InfoComm and Mechatronics Technology in Bio-Medical and Healthcare Application (2019IS-3T-in-3A) Poster AwardZhongchao Zhou, Masashi Sekine, Wenwei Yu
The 14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-14), Best Student Paper Award,Development of a Robotic Thumb Rehabilitation System Using a Soft Pneumatic Actuator and a Pneumatic Artificial Muscles -Based Parallel Link MechanismKouki Shiota Tapio V. J. Tarvainen Masashi Sekine Kahori Kita Wenwei Yu
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2014 International Symposium on InfoComm and Media Technology in Bio-Medical and Healthcare Application (2014 IS-3T-in-3A), Best Poster Award,A Multiple-Sucker Manipulator for Intra-Abdominal Underwater Surgery SupportNobuto Tsuchiya Masashi Sekine Kahori kita Wenwei Yu
<p>The watchband-type device shaped like an index finger and thumb was proposed. The bands can bend like a finger grasping motion by feeding air into inside of the band. Therefore, these finger-like bands are able to provide pressure on prosthesis...