Artificial Muscle Technology for Prostheses and Exoskeletons

Project Details & Team

Artificial Muscle Technology for Prostheses and Exoskeletons

NSF CAREER Award project (2017) focused on developing advanced artificial muscle technology using IPMC materials for next-generation prosthetic devices and exoskeleton applications. The project aims to create lightweight, high-force actuators that closely mimic biological muscle behavior.

Project Information
  • Status: Active
  • Started: July 2017

Project Team

Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen

Researcher

zchen43@central.uh.edu
Denizcan Koc
Denizcan Koc

Researcher

denizcan.koc1@gmail.com

Related Publications

Model-based Control of a Robotic Fish to Enable 3D Maneuvering Through a Moving Orifice

W. Zuo, K. Dhal, A. Keow, A. Chakravarthy, Z Chen (2020)

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , Vol. 5 , pp. 4719-4726

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PIDA Control of Buoyancy Device Enabled by Water Electrolysis

A. Keow, Z. Chen, and H. Bart-Smith (2020)

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , Vol. 25 , pp. 1202-1210

Bio-inspired 3D Maneuverable Underwater Robots Output
Monitoring of Multi-bolt Connection Looseness Using Entropy-based Active Sensing and Genetic Algorithm-based Least Square Support Vector Machine

F. Wang, Z. Chen, and G. Song (2020)

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , Vol. 136 , pp. 106507

Autonomous Underwater Oil Pipeline Inspection Output
A Novel Buoyancy Control Device using Reversible PEM Fuel Cells

J. Yazji, H. Zaidi, L. T. Torres, C. Leroy, A. Keow, and Z. Chen (2019)

Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference , pp. DSCC2019-9155

Bio-inspired 3D Maneuverable Underwater Robots Output