Development of a muscle suit for the upper body - Realization of abduction motion

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 497-513

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Uchimura, Akitaka ^a   Isihida, Yujiro ^a   Shiiba, Taichi ^a   Hiramatsu, Kazuaki ^c   Konami, Makoto ^c   Matsushita, Taisuke ^c   Sato, Yutaka ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abduction motion; McKibben artificial muscle; Muscle suit; Muscular support apparatus; Wearable robot

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOTION CONTROL; MUSCLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

ABDUCTION MOTION; MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE SUIT; MUSCULAR SUPPORT APPARATUS; WEARABLE ROBOT;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 3042554019     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855304774195046     Document Type: Article

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