Artificial muscles robotic arm with full range of motion [video]

Re:Artificial muscles robotic arm with full range of motion ... by Baeocystin on Friday October 22, 2021 @10:22PM (#28965101)

What do you think of Festo's air muscle system, or air muscles in general? I don't work in the field, so my opinions are that of a layman, but I've been impressed with what I've seen in their videos.

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Re:Artificial muscles robotic arm with full range of motion ... by zakary on Saturday October 23, 2021 @02:11AM (#28966176)

Festo has a good product with its pneumatic muscles, but the same problems apply to them as it does to fluidic types. Complexity and the trade offs with force, frequency and range of motion.

I suspect the Festo muscles will end up in mostly industrial products which need simple, linear motion, and weight and efficiency don’t matter as much. Eg manufacturing equipment and active vibration damping systems.

Would love to be proved wrong on this however.

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Re:Artificial muscles robotic arm with full range of motion ... by Baeocystin on Saturday October 23, 2021 @02:45AM (#28966289)

Thanks for taking the time to answer, I appreciate it.

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