Table 1 Comparison of textile/fabric-based actuators.
From: Suit-type Wearable Robot Powered by Shape-memory-alloy-based Fabric Muscle
Actuation method | Fujimoto et al.23 | Maziz et al.26 | Han et al.28 | Yuen et al.29 | Park et al.31 (SFM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumatic silicon tube | Conducting polymer (Electric voltage) | Shape memory alloy (Electric Joule heating) | Shape memory alloy wire (Electric Joule heating) | Shape memory alloy (Electric Joule heating) | |
Isometric force [N] | 100 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 120 |
Strain [%] (Unconstrained condition) | 18 | 0.32 | 4 | 60 | 67 |
90% Contraction Time [s] | — | 620 | 25 | 31 | 1 |
Weight [g] | 300 | — | — | — | 24 |
