Smart suit: Soft power suit with semi-active assist mechanism - Prototype for supporting waist and knee joint -

2008 International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, ICCAS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2002-2005

  Tanaka, Takayuki ^a   Satoli, Yuta ^a   Kaneko, ShuN'Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihito ^b   Sakamoto, Naohisa ^c   Seki, Shuji ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Leaps Inc   (Japan)

^c Ueno Factory   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Head Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical design; Force sensorless; Power assist; Semi active mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL DESIGN; CONTROL METHODS; FORCE MECHANISMS; FORCE SENSORLESS; KNEE JOINTS; MUSCLE FATIGUES; POWER ASSIST; SEMI-ACTIVE MECHANISM; SOFT POWERS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 58149098617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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