A 7 dof pneumatic Muscle Actuator (pMA) powered exoskeleton

Robot and Human Communication - Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 327-333

  Tsagarakis, N ^a   Caldwell, D G ^a   Medrano Cerda, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; ROBOTIC ARMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 0033487793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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