Research and development of the intelligently-controlled prosthetic ankle joint

2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1114-1119

  Li, Chengqiu ^a   Tokuda, Miwa ^a   Furusho, Junji ^a   Koyanagi, Ken'ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Yasunori ^b   Morimoto, Shoji ^c   Nakagawa, Akio ^d   Akazawa, Yasushi ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hashimoto Artificial Limb Manufacture Co   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intelligent prosthetic ankle joint; MR brake; MR fluid

Indexed keywords

FORCE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PROBLEM SOLVING;

DORSIFLEXORS; INTELLIGENT PROSTHETIC ANKLE JOINTS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 34247236638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2006.257781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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