Development of a muscle suit for realizing all motion of the upper limb

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1630-1635

  Kobayash, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle suit; Power assist; Upper limb motion; Wearable robot, McKibben artificial muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOTION PLANNING; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PERSONNEL;

MCKIBBEN ARTIFICAL MUSCLE; MUSCLE SUIT; POWER ASSIST; UPPER LIMB MOTION; WEARABLE ROBOT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 14044256603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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