Static and dynamic properties of the pneumatic actuator with artificial muscles

Abstract

The paper contains information about the function and basic properties of the actuator based on pneumatic artificial muscles. It describes the design method of control structure of such actuator and shows the nonlinear static and dynamic characteristics of this actuator. The step responses and the non-linear static and dynamic characteristics were measured by authors on the real pneumatic actuator with artificial muscles Festo MAS 20-250.