Human safety mechanisms of human-friendly robots: Passive viscoelastic trunk and passively movable base

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-335

  Lim, Hun Ok ^a   Tanie, Kazuo ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FRICTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY;

COLLISION FORCE SUPPRESSION; HUMAN ROBOT SYMBIOSIS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0034170197     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783640022066888     Document Type: Article

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