Technical evaluation of the MACARM: A cable robot for upper limb neurorehabilitation

Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 942-947

  Beer, Randall ^a   Mayhew, David ^a   Bredfeldt, Christine ^a   Bachrach, Benjamin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLES; KINEMATICS; MOTION CONTROL; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

CABLE ROBOTS; CARTESIANS; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; END-EFFECTOR; IMPACT FORCES; KINEMATIC MODELS; MULTI-AXIS; NEURO REHABILITATIONS; POSITIONAL ACCURACIES; POSITIONAL ERRORS; ROBOTIC REHABILITATIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMICS; TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS; UPPER LIMBS; UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 63049102331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2008.4762880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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