Development of support system for forward tilting of the upper body

Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 352-356

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Nozaki, Hirokazu ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forward tilting support; Manual worker; McKibben artificial muscle.; Power assist

Indexed keywords

FORWARD TILTING SUPPORT; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; LOW-BACK PAINS; MANUAL WORKER; MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE.; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MUSCLE SUITS; POWER ASSIST; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

MECHATRONICS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 64949197046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2008.4798779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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