RehabilitationWalker with Standing-Assistance Device

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 604-611

  Chugo, Daisuke ^a   Matsuoka, Wataru ^a   Jia, Songmin ^a   Takase, Kunikatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

force control; position control; standing assistance; walker

Indexed keywords

MANIPULATORS;

HOME USE; LOW-COSTS; POWER ASSISTANCE; STANDING ASSISTANCE;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 52949124002     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0604     Document Type: Article

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