Robotic transtibial prosthesis with biomechanical energy regeneration

Industrial Robot

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-447

  Hitt, Joseph ^a   Sugar, Thomas ^b   Holgate, Matthew ^b   Bellman, Ryan ^b   Hollander, Kevin ^c  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Augspurger Komm Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Control technology; Limbs; Mechanical systems; Prosthetic devices; Rehabilitation; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; LIMBS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; REHABILITATION;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MECHATRONICS; MOTORS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

EID: 70249121830     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910910980169     Document Type: Article

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