Design of lightweight lead screw actuators for wearable robotic applications

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 644-648

  Hollander, Kevin W ^a   Sugar, Thomas G ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFICIENCY; FORCE CONTROL; GAIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MICROACTUATORS; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; USER INTERFACES; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

LIGHTWEIGHT LEAD SCREW ACTUATOR; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO; STRENGTH TO WEIGHT RATIO; WEARABLE ROBOT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33646173278     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2181995     Document Type: Article

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