Development of Straight Style Transfer Equipment for Lower Limbs Disabled: Verification of Basic Motion

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 456-463

  Mori, Yoshikazu ^a   Takayama, Kazuhiro ^b   Zengo, Takeshi ^c   Nakamura, Tatsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

^c FUJI XEROX CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

mobile platform; person with disabled legs; powered lower extremity orthosis; straight style transfer equipment; telescopic crutch

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSONS;

DISABLED LEGS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOBILE PLATFORM; ORTHOSES; PERSON WITH DISABLED LEG; POWERED LOW EXTREMITY ORTHOSIS; STANDING-UP MOTIONS; STRAIGHT STYLE TRANSFER EQUIPMENT; STYLE TRANSFER EQUIPMENT; TELESCOPIC CRUTCHES;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 27744515887     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2004.p0456     Document Type: Article

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