Design and development of a novel robotic platform for neuro-robotics applications: The NEURobotics ARM (NEURARM)

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-37

  Cattin, Emanuele ^a   Roccella, Stefano ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^a   Sardellitti, Irene ^a   Artemiadis, Panagiotis K ^b   Vacalebri, Pierpaolo ^a   Vecchi, Fabrizio ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a   Kyriakopoulos, Kostas J ^b   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agonist antagonist actuation; Anthropomorphic; Biorobotics; Cable driven robot; Neuro robotics; Robotic arm

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); ROBOTIC ARMS;

AGONIST-ANTAGONIST ACTUATION; BIOROBOTICS; CABLE-DRIVEN ROBOTS; HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS; KINEMATICS PERFORMANCE; NEUROROBOTICS; NEUROSCIENTISTS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 40149089247     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855308X291827     Document Type: Article

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