Design and control of a magnetorheological actuator for leg exoskeleton

2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1388-1393

  Chen, Jinzhou ^a   Liao, Wei Hsin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Leg exoskeleton; Magnetorheological actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMATION; BIOMIMETICS; CLUTCHES; DC GENERATOR MOTORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; MOTORS; RHEOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TORQUE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; DESIGN AND CONTROL; HIGH TORQUE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KNEE JOINTS; LEG EXOSKELETON; LOW POWERS; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ACTUATOR; MR ACTUATOR; MR FLUIDS; POWER SOURCES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SMART FLUIDS; VARIATION OF PARAMETERS; WORKING TIME;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 49249137155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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