Adjustable robotic tendon using a 'jack spring'™

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

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 113-118

  Hollander, Kevin W ^a   Sugar, Thomas G ^a   Herring, Donald E ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE GAIT; GAIT ASSISTANCE DEVICE; PEAK POWER; SPRING BASED LINEAR ACTUATOR;

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; GAIT ANALYSIS; TENDONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745790483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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