Distributed control and safety system for a rehabilitation arm exoskeleton

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 9 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 1325-1334

  Carlgnan, Craig R ^a   Roderick, Stephen N ^b   Naylor, Michael P ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT REHABILITATION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EXOSKELETON JOINTS; FAIL SAFE DESIGN; SHOULDER REHABILITATION; SOFTWARE SAFETY CHECKS; ADMITTANCE CONTROL; COMPOSITE CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; MODULAR CONTROL; SAFETY ARCHITECTURE; SHOULDER REHABILITATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; SOFTWARE SAFETY;

ROBOTIC ARMS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44349180209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-41922     Document Type: Conference Paper

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