Architecture and hydraulics of a lower extremity exoskeleton

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC

Volumn 74 DSC, Issue 2 PART B, 2005, Pages 1447-1455

  Zoss, Adam ^a   Kazerooni, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERKELEY LOWER EXTREMITY EXOSKELETON (BLEEX); EXOSKELETONS; HARDWARE DESIGN; WHEELED VEHICLES;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DURABILITY; HYDRAULICS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33645685375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2005-80129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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