Design of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton to assist running

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 747-754

  Dollar, Aaron M ^a   Herr, Hugh ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNEE JOINT; METABOLIC COST; SPRING-IN; SWING PHASE;

COST REDUCTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 69549095936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4651202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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