...Curt S. Kothera; Mamta Jangid; Jayant Sirohi; Norman M. Wereley McKibben actuators are pneumatic actuators with very high force to weight ratios. Their ability to match the behavior of biological muscles better than any other actuators has motivated much research into the characterization...

...Abhishek Agrawal; Vivek Sangwan; Sai K. Banala; Sunil K. Agrawal; Stuart A. Binder-Macleod An ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is commonly used to help subjects with weakness of ankle dorsiflexor muscles due to peripheral or central nervous system disorders. Both these disorders are due to the weakness...