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Prof Richard (Chunhui) Yang
Prof Richard Yang is the Interim Dean, School of Engineering, Director, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Head of Discipline, Mechanical and Mechtronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Western Sydney University. His research fields include Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Digital Twin, Industry 4.0, Mechanical Design, Engineering Numerical Methods, Multiscale Modelling Techniques, etc.
2026-10-23
2026-08-17
2026-06-18
Abstract— Recently, wearable actuator for work assistance and rehabilitation, such as power assist suit, have received much attentions and studies have been done actively. In this study, the final target is to develop a low-cost home rehabilitation device driven by fluidic actuator using low-cost servo valve. In the device, the size and cost of control valves become serious concerns. In the previous study, a low-cost 3-port servo valve that was able to control the flow rate by changing the bending angle of the buckled tube was proposed and tested. In this paper, to drive a double acting type pneumatic cylinder by using one valve, 5-port type servo valve using bucked tubes is proposed and tested. To design the valve, the relation between the buckled tube length or buckled point and output flow rate of the valve is investigated. In addition, the position control system of the pneumatic cylinder using the tested valve is proposed and tested. Multi- position control of the cylinder is carried out. From the result, it can be confirmed that the tested valve can control the double acting type cylinder and the position control system is validated.