Rehabilitation Robots FRIEND-I and FRIEND-II with the dexterous lightweight manipulator

Technology and Disability

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-123

  Ivlev, Oleg ^a   Martens, Christian ^b   Graeser, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Rheinmetall W and M GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dexterous manipulation; Rehabilitation robotics; Semi autonomy; Smart device; Task planning

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER; GERMANY; HAND; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KINEMATICS; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 22944490566     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2005-17208     Document Type: Article

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