An EMG-position controlled system for an active ankle-foot prosthesis: An initial experimental study

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 375-379

  Au, Samuel K ^a   Bonato, Paolo ^b   Herr, Hugh ^a,b,c  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTEE; ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHESIS; EMG DATA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROSTHETICS; WALKING AIDS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745788377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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