A proof-of-concept exoskeleton for robot-assisted rehabilitation of gait

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 1825-1829

  Beyl, Pieter ^a   Cherelle, P ^a   Knaepen, K ^a   Lefeber, D ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compliant actuator; Powered exoskeleton; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot assisted gait training; Robot in charge control

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTS; COMPLIANT ACTUATOR; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND CONTROL; GAIT REHABILITATION; HUMAN -ROBOT INTERACTIONS; PID CONTROL; POWERED EXOSKELETON; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PROXY-BASED SLIDING MODE CONTROLS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; ROBOT-ASSISTED REHABILITATION; ROBOTIC GAIT REHABILITATION; SAFE SYSTEMS; TEST RESULTS; TEST SETUPS; TRACKING PERFORMANCE;

ACTUATORS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 70350627098     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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