A human-assisting manipulator teleoperated by EMG signals and arm motions

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-222

  Fukuda, Osamu ^a   Tsuji, Toshio ^b   Kaneko, Makoto ^b   Otsuka, Akira ^c  

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

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima Prefectural Coll Hlth Sci   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Electromyographic (EMG) signals; Human assisting manipulator; Neural network; Pattern discrimination

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; END EFFECTORS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; POSITION CONTROL; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTIC ARMS;

ARM MOTIONS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0037389652     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.808873     Document Type: Article

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