Biomimetic actuation and artificial muscle

0552620 - FZÚ 2022 NL eng J - Journal Article
Qingsong, H. - Vokoun, David - Shen, Q.
Biomimetic actuation and artificial muscle.
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. Roč. 2018, June (2018), č. článku 4617460. ISSN 1176-2322. E-ISSN 1754-2103
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : IPMC * artificial muscle
OECD category: Applied mechanics
Impact factor: 1.525, year: 2018

In general, actuation technology reflects the progress in the development of mechanical systems. Originally, actuators were linked to steam engines, then several decades later to internal combustion engines and to electromotors, making mechanical systems increasingly more flexible, with higher energy utilization and convenience. However, the traditional actuation technologies (e.g., miniature motors and gear transmissions) cannot compete with the high flexibility, high redundancy, and large load-to-weight ratio found in animal muscular systems, which cause the performance of robots to fall behind that of the animals. Distributed actuation found in animal muscular systems is one of the main reasons of flexibility, high efficiency, and large energy density. Thus, the biomimetic actuators or artificial muscles with large displacements have drawn great attention in research and industrial application development.
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