A control approach based on passive behavior to enhance user interaction

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 899-908

  Chuy Jr , Oscar Ylaya ^a   Hirata, Yasuhisa ^b   Wang, Zhidong ^c   Kosuge, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Passive behavior; Robotic walking support system

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL;

PASSIVE BEHAVIOR; ROBOTIC WALKING SUPPORT SYSTEM;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 35348927519     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.907920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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