Wearable power assist device for hand grasping using pneumatic artificial rubber muscle

Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 781-786

  Noritsugu, Toshiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Daisuke ^a   Takaiwa, Masahiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pneumatics; Power assist; Rubber Artificial Muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; POLYESTERS; POWER CONTROL; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SAFETY FACTOR; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WHEELCHAIRS;

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING (ADL); CONTACT FORCE CONTROL; POWER ASSIST; RUBBER ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

EID: 12744274804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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