TY - GEN
T1 - Soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation based on a novel fabrication method
AU - Jiang, Yongkang
AU - Chen, Diansheng
AU - Que, Jiacheng
AU - Liu, Zhe
AU - Wang, Ziqi
AU - Xu, Ying
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - Soft robotics have shown tremendous potential in helping patients with hand pathologies perform rehabilitation exercises because of the affordability and the inherent softness the soft actuators possess. To date, most of the soft actuators are fabricated with shape deposition manufacturing (SDM) method, which is time-consuming and might not be able to withstand high pressure or preserve the air tightness after multiple inflationdeflation cycles. In this paper, we present a novel monolithic fabrication method combining the advantages of lost-wax and inverse-flow-injection processes. Compared with the actuators formed with traditional fabrication methods, the actuators formed with the novel method proposed in this paper not only possess superior fabrication efficiency, but also can bear 2.5 times higher pressure, and still show advantages on the fatigue endurance testing when performed at the same pressure and frequency. Lastly, a prototyped hand rehabilitation system consisting of a soft robotic glove, an integrated control box and a concise interface are presented.
AB - Soft robotics have shown tremendous potential in helping patients with hand pathologies perform rehabilitation exercises because of the affordability and the inherent softness the soft actuators possess. To date, most of the soft actuators are fabricated with shape deposition manufacturing (SDM) method, which is time-consuming and might not be able to withstand high pressure or preserve the air tightness after multiple inflationdeflation cycles. In this paper, we present a novel monolithic fabrication method combining the advantages of lost-wax and inverse-flow-injection processes. Compared with the actuators formed with traditional fabrication methods, the actuators formed with the novel method proposed in this paper not only possess superior fabrication efficiency, but also can bear 2.5 times higher pressure, and still show advantages on the fatigue endurance testing when performed at the same pressure and frequency. Lastly, a prototyped hand rehabilitation system consisting of a soft robotic glove, an integrated control box and a concise interface are presented.
KW - Soft robotics
KW - fabrication method
KW - hand rehabilitation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85049920292
U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2017.8324518
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2017.8324518
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85049920292
T3 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
BT - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017
Y2 - 5 December 2017 through 8 December 2017
ER -