The RoboKnee: An exoskeleton for enhancing strength and endurance during walking

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2430-2435

  Pratt, Jerry E ^a   Krupp, Benjamin T ^b   Morse, Christopher J ^b   Collins, Steven H ^c  

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

^b Yobotics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Low impedance; Series Elastic Actuators

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; TORQUE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EXOSKELETON; LOW IMPEDANCE; RECHARGING METHOD; SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 3042622773     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1307425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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