A biomechatronical transtibial prosthesis powered by pleated pneumatic artificial muscles

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-405

  Versluys, Rino ^a   Desomer, Anja ^a   Lenaets, Gerlinde ^b   Pareit, Olivier ^a   Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Van der Perre, Georges ^b   Peeraer, Louis ^b   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amputee; Pleated pneumatic artificial muscle; PPAM; Prosthesis; Prototype; Stiffness; Torque; Transtibial

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

AMPUTEE; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; PPAM; PROTOTYPE; TRANSTIBIAL;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 67749112086     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2008.021479     Document Type: Article

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