Research Article

Study on Structure Design and Motion Characteristics of Pneumatic Flexible Wrist with Braking Function

Table 1

Material parameters of the artificial muscle.

NameNumerical valueUnit

The inner diameter of the silicone tube12mm
The outer diameter of the silicone tube16mm
Elastic modulus of silicone tube1.116MPa
Effective deformation length of artificial muscle100mm
Middle diameter of the spring16.75mm
Spring wire diameter1.5mm
The pitch of spring2.5mm
The spring elastic modulus202MPa