Design of an electrically actuated lower extremity exoskeleton

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 967-988

  Zoss, Adam ^a   Kazerooni, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuation; Biomechanics; Electric motor; Exoskeleton; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC MOTORS;

ELECTRIC ACTUATION SCHEME; ELECTRIC JOINT DESIGN; EXOSKELETON; HYDRAULIC ACTUATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33750172921     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855306778394030     Document Type: Article

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