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Artificial Muscles (Review Article)

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The current state of the art in systems and actuators for controlling soft exoskeletons is reviewed. The most important prototypes of flexible actuators are studied. Applications of these drives in medicine and industry are considered. The classification and recommendations for the construction of such devices based on the analysis of the effectiveness of the existing models by third-party research groups are given.

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The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 18-71-10112.

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    A. P. Aliseichik, D. A. Gribkov, I. A. Orlov, V. E. Pavlovsky, A. V. Podoprosvetov & I. V. Khaidukova

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Aliseichik, A.P., Gribkov, D.A., Efimov, A.R. et al. Artificial Muscles (Review Article). J. Comput. Syst. Sci. Int. 61, 270–293 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064230722010026

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