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Title:

Modelling In Modelica Of A Pneumatic Muscle:

Application To Model An Experimental Set-Up

Authors:

Aron Pujana-Arrese, Javier Arenas, Iban Retolaza,

Ana Martínez-Esnaola, Joseba Landaluze

Published in:

 

ECMS 2007 Proceedings

Edited by: Ivan Zelinka, Zuzana Oplatkova, Alessandra Orsoni

 

ISBN: 978-0-9553018-2-7

Doi: 10.7148/2007

 

21st European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Prague, June 4-6, 2007

 

Citation format:

Pujana-Arrese, A., Arenas, J., Retolaza, I., Martinez-Esnaola, A., & Landaluze, J. (2007). Modelling In Modelica Of A Pneumatic Muscle: Application To Model An Experimental Set-Up. ECMS 2007 Proceedings edited by: I. Zelinka, Z. Oplatkova, A. Orsoni (pp. 466-472). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2007-0466.

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2007-0466

Abstract:

The characteristics of pneumatic artificial muscles - or McKibben muscles - make them very interesting for the development of robotic applications that feature low impedance in terms of their interaction with the environment, such as can be the case with orthoses or certain wearable robots. In order to research the applicability of these actuators in industrial applications, an experimental one-degree-of-freedom set-up based on pneumatic muscles manufactured by Festo has been built at Ikerlan. This paper presents the modelling of a pneumatic muscle in Modelica as a new component. After that, the paper describes the set-up constructed and shows the complete model in Dymola/Modelica, in addition to validation of the model with some experimental data.

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