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Shimooka, So
Faculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Himuro, Hiroki
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
Gofuku, Akio
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
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抄録 | Rehabilitation devices for passive exercise have been actively researched and developed in accordance with Japan's aging society. A previous study proposed and tested an extension-type flexible pneumatic actuator (EFPA) with reinforced stiffness that could achieve passive exercise in patients. In addition, a rehabilitation device for shoulder joints with an embedded controller and small valves was proposed and tested. Joints such as the shoulder and scapula were subjected to passive exercise utilizing the tested device. However, it is difficult for patients with contractions to perform the same exercise because the reinforced EFPA can buckle. Here, to realize an EFPA with a higher stiffness, a flexible actuator in the shape of a hexagonal pyramid is proposed and tested. The hexagonal pyramid shape of a flexible actuator has a high stiffness in the direction of motion and flexibility in other directions; hereafter, this characteristic is called anisotropic stiffness. The characteristics of the hexagonal pyramid shape of the EFPA are described and compared with those of a previously reinforced EFPA. An analytical model was proposed to predict and design the shape of the hexagonal pyramid EFPA. The validity of the model is also described.
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キーワード | hexagonal pyramid shape of flexible actuator
anisotropic stiffness
extension-type flexible pneumatic actuator
analytical model of shape
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発行日 | 2023-11-14
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出版物タイトル |
Actuators
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巻 | 12巻
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号 | 11号
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出版者 | MDPI
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開始ページ | 424
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ISSN | 2076-0825
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学術雑誌論文
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英語
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岡山大学
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著作権者 | © 2023 by the authors.
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関連URL | isVersionOf https://doi.org/10.3390/act12110424
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ライセンス | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Citation | Shimooka, S.; Himuro, H.; Gofuku, A. Development of Hexagonal Pyramid-Shaped Flexible Actuator with Anisotropic Stiffness for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Device. Actuators 2023, 12, 424. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12110424
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助成機関名 |
Fluid Power Technology Promotion Foundation of Japan
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助成番号 | 202005
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