Wearable Power Assist Device for Standing Up Motion Using Pneumatic Rubber Artificial Muscles

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-628

  Noritsugu, Toshiro ^a   Sasaki, Daisuke ^a   Kameda, Masafumi ^b   Fukunaga, Atsushi ^c   Takaiwa, Masahiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c KOBE STEEL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

pneumatics; rubber artificial muscle; standing up motion; wearable power assist; welfare robot

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PNEUMATICS; RUBBER; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BIRTH RATES; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; POWER ASSIST; POWER ASSIST DEVICE; RUBBER ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; STANDING-UP MOTIONS; USER FRIENDLINESS; USER FRIENDLY; WEARABLE POWER ASSIST; WELFARE ROBOTS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 61949183171     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0619     Document Type: Article

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