Design and control of an exoskeleton for the elderly and patients

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Kong, Kyoungchul ^a   Jeon, Doyoung ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caster walker; Exoskeleton; Tendon driven mechanism; Wearable robot

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOTORS; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBOTS; WALKING AIDS;

CASTER WALKERS; EXOSKELETON; TENDON DRIVEN MECHANISM; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 33947100380     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2006.878550     Document Type: Article

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