An anthropomorphic hand exoskeleton to prevent astronaut hand fatigue during extravehicular activities

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 668-673

  Shields, Bobby L ^a   Main, John A ^b   Peterson, Steven W ^a   Strauss, Alvin M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glove; Hand fatigue; Mechanical hands; Space suit; Telerobotics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HAND; HAND GRIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SUITS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; DC MOTORS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; REMOTE CONTROL; STIFFNESS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC HAND EXOSKELETON; GLOVES; SPACE SUITS;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 0031219142     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.618265     Document Type: Article

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