ECF Micro Artificial Muscle Actuator and its Application to Micro Robot Arm

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel McKibben type micro
artificial muscle actuator using electro-conjugate fluid
and apply the actuator to a micro robot arm. The main
contribution of this research is to introduce the
electro-conjugate fluid to the McKibben type artificial
muscle, resulting in using no bulky mechanical pumping
system.