New Robot Technology Concept Applicable to Physical Support -The Concept and Possibility of the Muscle Suit (Wearable Muscular Support Apparatus) -

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-53

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushita, Taisuke ^a   Ishida, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Kohki ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cheap and light apparatus; McKibben type actuator; medical and welfare apparatus; muscle suit; muscular; support apparatus

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; MUSCLE; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CHEAP AND LIGHT APPARATUS; MCKIBBEN ACTUATORS; MCKIBBEN TYPE ACTUATOR; MEDICAL AND WELFARE APPARATUS; METAL FRAMES; MUSCLE SUIT; MUSCULAR; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; ROBOT TECHNOLOGY; SUPPORT APPARATUS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0347500050     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2002.p0046     Document Type: Article

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