Design and implementation of an assistive controller for rehabilitation robotic systems

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-278

  Erol, Duygun ^a,b   Sarkar, Nilanjan ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Assistive controller; Movement tracking training; Robot assisted rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

ASSISTIVE CONTROLLERS; MOVEMENT TRACKING TRAINING; ROBOT ASSISTED REHABILITATION;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34548043009     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/5688     Document Type: Article

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