Adaptive torque control of electro-rheological fluid brakes used in active knee rehabilitation devices

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 393-399

  Nikitczuk, Jason ^a   Das, Abhimanyu ^a   Vyas, Harsh ^a   Weinberg, Brian ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators for rehabilitation robotics; Electro rheological fluids; Non linear adaptive Control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO RHEOLOGICAL FLUID (ERF); ERF BRAKE SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR ADAPTIVE CONTROL; STEP LOGIC FUNCTION;

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; RHEOLOGY; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

TORQUE CONTROL;

EID: 33845658763     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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