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When the wearer walked around, the clothes inflated themselves. | When the wearer walked around, the clothes inflated themselves. | ||
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- | Inflatable Exoskeleton | + | Inflatable Exoskeleton, |
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- | inflatable exoskeleton, Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi, | + | |
Basically instead of using heavy hydraulics, the exoskeleton uses air compression, | Basically instead of using heavy hydraulics, the exoskeleton uses air compression, | ||
The suit mimics the body's system of connecting muscles to bones via tendons. It could be used to boost the strength of specific muscles, such as biceps or triceps. The artificial muscles are made up of inflatable rubber tubes surrounded by flexible metal mesh connected at each end to the joints on the suit. When the tube inflates, the mesh bulges, which in turn pulls each end in and shortens the artificial muscle. Pressure sensors all over the suit would tell the artificial muscles when to kick in. | The suit mimics the body's system of connecting muscles to bones via tendons. It could be used to boost the strength of specific muscles, such as biceps or triceps. The artificial muscles are made up of inflatable rubber tubes surrounded by flexible metal mesh connected at each end to the joints on the suit. When the tube inflates, the mesh bulges, which in turn pulls each end in and shortens the artificial muscle. Pressure sensors all over the suit would tell the artificial muscles when to kick in. | ||
- | Check out the video of the suit in action | + | Check out the video of the suit in action. |
- | {{robot_suit[1].jpg|robot_suit[1].jpg}}\\ | + | source: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/ |
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- | Sho Hasegawa, a student at the Tokyo University of Science, is making a demo of the Muscle Suit, designed to support the muscle movements of the elderly or disabled. By controlling air compression, | ||
- | The lack of a full metal frame for this pneumatic robot suit makes it much lighter. The pneumatic system does not have any heavy electric actuators or hydraulics either.\\ | ||
- | source: http:// | ||
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more inflatable image section: [[Experience Inflatables]] - [[Powered by Wind]] - [[Parasite Inflatables]] - [[Soap Experiences]] - [[When Nature Inflates]] - [[Environmental Blendings]] - [[Hardened Bubbles]] - [[Inflatable Spaces]] - [[Inflatable Sound]] - [[Interactive Inflatables]] - [[The Non Categorized Inflatables]] - [[Lighter than Air]] - [[NASA Inflatables]] or go back to: [[Cocky Eek]] | more inflatable image section: [[Experience Inflatables]] - [[Powered by Wind]] - [[Parasite Inflatables]] - [[Soap Experiences]] - [[When Nature Inflates]] - [[Environmental Blendings]] - [[Hardened Bubbles]] - [[Inflatable Spaces]] - [[Inflatable Sound]] - [[Interactive Inflatables]] - [[The Non Categorized Inflatables]] - [[Lighter than Air]] - [[NASA Inflatables]] or go back to: [[Cocky Eek]] | ||
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