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Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-13-387-2022
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Research article
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27 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2022

A passive upper-limb exoskeleton for industrial application based on pneumatic artificial muscles

Maria Paterna, Stefania Magnetti Gisolo, Carlo De Benedictis, Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo, and Carlo Ferraresi

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We present a novel exoskeleton based on deformable pneumatic actuators, known as McKibben muscles or artificial muscles. The aim of this system is to support a worker during overhead tasks, in which they need to lift the arms and hold that position for a long time. Simulations have been performed, starting from a mathematical model of the exoskeleton and of the artificial muscle. A first architecture of the complete device is also presented.
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Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics – RAAD2021