Development of Pneumatic Power Assist Splint “ASSIST” Operated by Human Intention

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 568-574

  Sasaki, Daisuke ^a   Noritsugu, Toshiro ^a   Takaiwa, Masahiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

pneumatic rubber muscle; soft actuator; soft mechanism; wearable robot

Indexed keywords

PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS;

HUMAN ARM; HUMAN INTENTIONS; LIGHT WEIGHT; PNEUMATIC POWER; PNEUMATIC RUBBER MUSCLES; POWER ASSIST; SOFT ACTUATORS; SOFT MECHANISM; WEARABLE DEVICES; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 50149117320     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2005.p0568     Document Type: Article

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