Gesture recognition for control of rehabilitation robots

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-207

  Gerlich, L ^a   Parsons, B N ^b   White, A S ^a   Prior, S ^a   Warner, P ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Becrypt Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gesture recognition; Neural networks; Rehabilitation robotics; User interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248890370     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0062-3     Document Type: Article

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