Paper:
A Method of Designing and Fabricating Mckibben Muscles Driven by 7 MPa Hydraulics
Kazuhiro Iwata*, Koichi Suzumori*, and Shuichi Wakimoto**
*Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
**Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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