Pneumatic impedance control of a 3-d.o.f. physiotherapy robot

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1321-1339

  Richardson, R ^a   Jackson, A ^b   Culmer, P ^b   Bhakta, B ^b   Levesley, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impedance control; Pneumatic cylinders; Robotic physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PNEUMATICS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS;

IMPEDANCE CONTROL; PNEUMATIC CYLINDERS; ROBOTIC PHYSIOTHERAPY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33846198438     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855306778960590     Document Type: Article

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