Augmented variable center of rotation in controlling a robotic walker to adapt user characteristics

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1779-1784

  Chuy Jr , Oscar ^a   Hirata, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Kosuge, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; ROBOTICS;

APPLIED FORCES; AUGMENTED VARIABLES; CENTER OF ROTATION; OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMS; PATH-FOLLOWING ALGORITHM; ROBOTIC WALKERS; USER CHARACTERISTICS; USER'S INTENTIONS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 34247229632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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