Concept designs for underwater swimming exoskeletons

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 4893-4898

  Neuhaus, Peter D ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael ^a   Eaton, David ^a   Carff, John ^a   Pratt, Jerry E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Human; Robotics; Underwater swimming

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROPULSION; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

EXOSKELETON; HUMAN; UNDERWATER PROPULSION DEVICES; UNDERWATER SWIMMING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 3042552360     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1302493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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