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“Develop a Scalable Robotic Limb that Accurately Models All Degrees of Freedom of the Fingers.”. Sub-functions. Converting air pressure into a required force. Pressure Sensor Communication/Interface between Software and Hardware Scalability. Overall “Black Box”. Input. Output. Energy.
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“Develop a Scalable Robotic Limb that Accurately Models All Degrees of Freedom of the Fingers.”
Sub-functions • Converting air pressure into a required force. • Pressure Sensor • Communication/Interface between Software and Hardware • Scalability
Overall “Black Box” Input Output Energy Energy Air Pressure Force Nominal Air Muscle ROBOTICLIMB Material Compressed Air muscle Pressure Sensing Control Pressure Control
Accept air pressure from source Convert air pressure to force In Air muscle Energy Un-flexed Air muscle Contracted Air muscle Finger Motion Modeling All D.O.F. Material Pressure Control/ Feedback Pressure sensing Control
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