Powered ankle-foot prosthesis

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Au, Samuel K ^a   Herr, Hugh M ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputee gait; Bandwidth; Electric shock; Foot; Force; Humans; Impedance control; Parallel elasticity; Powered ankle foot prosthesis; Series elasticity; Springs; Torque

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; MOTORS; STIFFNESS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AMPUTEE GAIT; ANKLE STIFFNESS; APPLICATIONS.; BANDWIDTH; BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS; BIO-MIMETIC; DORSI FLEXION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FOOT; FOOT DESIGN; FORCE; FORCE BANDWIDTH; GAIT-PHASE; HUMANS; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; PARALLEL ELASTICITY; POWERED ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHESIS; SERIES ELASTICITY; SPRINGS; TORQUE;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 52949152780     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2008.927697     Document Type: Article

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