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The research and development of soft actuators for supporting Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in the elderly have been attracting a lot of interest in recent years. However, most of them contain rigid structures, such as cable driving mechanisms. Moreover, their Range of Motion (RoM) and bi-directional control of motion is quite limited. This work presents a new elastomeric pneumatic actuator with air chambers for the purpose of MIS support. A prototype of the actuator was made for a comparison with a traditional cable driven structure. The prototype could be equipped with some medical devices in its central silicone tube. The outer diameter of the designed actuator was about 8.5 mm. The results showed that the proposed actuator achieved a 180° bending angle readily, with a small sweeping area when going through a narrow cavity.
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The authors would like to thank the JSPS Program for Leading Graduate School (Graduate Program in Gerontology, Global Leadership Initiative for an Age Friendly Society, The University of Tokyo) for providing financial support to Jiang Wu.
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Wu, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zhao, L. (2019). Discussion on the Feasibility of Soft Actuator as an Assistive Tool for Seniors in Minimally Invasive Surgery. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2019 - Posters. HCII 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1033. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23528-4_21
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