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Air Muscle Actuators - Bio-Robotics
Air muscle are soft pneumatic devices for ideally suited for robotics and animatronics. Developed in the 1950's by J.L. McKibben, like biological muscles, air muscles contract when activated.Air muscles contract when pressurized with gas air. Simple systems use a small air pump or compressor. The size of the air muscle and the air pressure determines the weight of the load it can pull when it contracts. Typically air muscles can contact up to twenty five percentage of their elongated length.Article on building and using air muscles.
Air Muscles |
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Name: AM-01 |
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AM-01 - $26.75
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Name: AM-01L |
AM-01L - $34.95
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Name: AM-02 |
AM-02 - $60.00
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Name: AM-02L |
AM-02L - $80.00
5 Volt 3-way Solenoid Air Valve |
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The heart of the AV5-01 5V solenoid valve is its "half shell" design, and its quick connect and release push in and pull out air connections for 4 mm semi-ridge air tubing. |
AV5-01 - $35.00
Manual 3-way Air Valve |
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Manual 3-way air valve. |
AV3-01 - $5.95
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Name: AV2-01 |
AV2-01 - $17.95
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For more information and a tutorial see Air Muscle Article.
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