A modular planar robotic manipulandum with end-point torque control

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-211

  Howard, Ian S ^a   Ingram, James N ^a   Wolpert, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Motor learning; Object manipulation; Robotic manipulandum; Stiffness; Torque; vBOT

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

ARM; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; TORQUE;

EID: 67649124221     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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