Exoskeletons for human force augmentation

Industrial Robot

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 592-602

  Brown, M ^a   Tsagarakis, N ^a   Caldwell, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human physiology; Restriction on movement; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HAPTIC INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS;

EXOSKELETONS; HUMAN FORCE AUGMENTATION; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT; TACTILE SENSORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0345412677     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910310506864     Document Type: Article

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