Bio-inspired control of an arm exoskeleton joint with active-compliant actuation system

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-204

  Folgheraiter, Michele ^a   de Gea, Jose ^b   Bongardt, Bertold ^a   Albiez, Jan ^a   Kirchner, Frank ^a,b  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robotics; Compliant joint; Exoskeleton; Haptic interface; Neural controller; Stiffness controller

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CONTROLLERS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

ANATOMICAL FEATURES; BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; COMPLIANT JOINTS; CONTROL APPROACH; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; NEURAL CONTROLLER; SAFETY MECHANISMS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 75149194269     PISSN: 11762322     EISSN: 17542103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11762320902840187     Document Type: Article

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