Linear actuator

Series elastic actuator development for a biomimetic walking robot

David Robinson, Jerry Pratt, Daniel Paluska, Gill A. Pratt

Citations: 415 • 1999

A Bending Pneumatic Rubber Actuator Realizing Soft-bodied Manta Swimming Robot

Koichi Suzumori, Satoshi Endo, Takefumi Kanda, Naomi Kato, Hiroyoshi Suzuki

Citations: 338 • 2007

A compact soft actuator unit for small scale human friendly robots

Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Matteo Laffranchi, Bram Vanderborght, Darwin G. Caldwell

Citations: 248 • 2009

Printable hydraulics: A method for fabricating robots by 3D co-printing solids and liquids

Robert MacCurdy, Robert K. Katzschmann, Youbin Kim, Daniela Rus

Citations: 214 • 2016

Telecubes: mechanical design of a module for self-reconfigurable robotics

J.W. Suh, Sam Homans, Mark Yim

Citations: 212 • 2003

Origami-Based Vacuum Pneumatic Artificial Muscles with Large Contraction Ratios

Jin‐Gyu Lee, Hugo Rodrigue

Citations: 179 • 2018

Pleated pneumatic artificial muscles: actuators for automation and robotics

Frank Daerden, Dirk Lefeber, Björn Verrelst, Ronald Van Ham

Citations: 138 • 2002

3D Printable Linear Soft Vacuum Actuators: Their Modeling, Performance Quantification and Application in Soft Robotic Systems

Charbel Tawk, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Marc in het Panhuis, Gürsel Alıcı

Citations: 123 • 2019

Adjustable Robotic Tendon Using a 'Jack Spring'

Kevin W. Hollander, Thomas G. Sugar, D.E. Herring

Citations: 115 • 2005

Biomimetic Soft Actuator: Design, Modeling, Control, and Applications

Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Kyung Uk Jung, S.M. Ryew, Jae‐Do Nam, Junseok Jeon, Ja Choon Koo, K. Tanie

Citations: 114 • 2005

Power-efficient low-temperature woven coiled fibre actuator for wearable applications

M. Hiraoka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Arase, Katsuhiko Asai, Yuriko Kaneko, Stephen W. John, Kenji Tagashira, Atsushi Omote

Citations: 103 • 2016

Kinematics of the wire-driven parallel robot MARIONET using linear actuators

J-P. Merlet

Citations: 83 • 2008

Development of an artificial muscle linear actuator using ionic polymer–metal composites

Masaki Yamakita, Norihiro Kamamichi, Yasuaki Kaneda, Kinji Asaka, Zhiwei Luo

Citations: 71 • 2004

Virtual actuator control

Jerry Pratt, Ann L. Torres, P. Dilworth, Gill A. Pratt

Citations: 71 • 2002

Directly Fabricating Soft Robotic Actuators With an Open-Source 3-D Printer

John Morrow, Samantha Hemleben, Yiğit Mengüç

Citations: 69 • 2016

Design and Optimization of a Rotary Actuator for a Two-Degree-of-Freedom $z\phi$-Module

T. T. Overboom, J.W. Jansen, E.A. Lomonova, F. J. F. Tacken

Citations: 64 • 2010

Review of Soft Linear Actuator and the Design of a Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuator

Xunuo Cao, Mingqi Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Yi Xu, Youhua Xiao, Tiefeng Li

Citations: 61 • 2019

A Compact and Compliant External Pipe-Crawling Robot

Puneet Singh, G. K. Ananthasuresh

Citations: 59 • 2012

A Switchable Parallel Elastic Actuator and its Application to Leg Design for Running Robots

Xin Liu, Anthony Rossi, Ioannis Poulakakis

Citations: 54 • 2018

A prototype micro-wheeled-robot using SMA actuator

Qin Chang-jun, MA Pei-sun, Qin Yao

Citations: 54 • 2004