Modelling and Design of a Synergy-based Actuator for a Tendon-driven Soft Robotic Glove

• Main Authors: Xiloyannis, Michele, Cappello, Leonardo, Khanh, Dinh Binh, Yen, Shih-Cheng, Masia, Lorenzo
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Wearable technology; End effectors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81948; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41047
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The need for a means of assistance in human grasping, to compensate for weakness or to augment performance, is well documented. An appealing new way of doing so is through soft, wearable robots that work in parallel with the human muscles. In this paper we present the design and modelling of a...