Open AccessProof of Concept: Model Based Bionic Muscle with Hyperbolic Force-Velocity Relation
Author(s) -
Daniel F. B. Haeufle,
Michael Günther,
Reinhard Blickhan,
Syn Schmitt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
applied bionics and biomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1754-2103
pISSN - 1176-2322
DOI - 10.1155/2012/146909
Subject(s) - relation (database) , element (criminal law) , dependency (uml) , hyperbolic function , damper , point (geometry) , mathematics , mathematical analysis , engineering , mechanics , mechanical engineering , control theory (sociology) , computer science , structural engineering , physics , geometry , artificial intelligence , control (management) , database , political science , law
Recently, the hyperbolic Hill-type force-velocity relation was derived from basic physical components. It was shown that a contractile element CE consisting of a mechanical energy source (active element AE), a parallel damper element (PDE), and a serial element (SE) exhibits operating points with hyperbolic force-velocity dependency. In this paper, a technical proof of this concept was presented. AE and PDE were implemented as electric motors, SE as a mechanical spring. The force-velocity relation of this artificial CE was determined in quick release experiments. The CE exhibited hyperbolic force-velocity dependency. This proof of concept can be seen as a well-founded starting point for the development of Hill-type artificial muscles.