Ergonomics of exoskeletons: Subjective performance metrics

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 480-485

  Schiele, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN LIMBS; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; MENTAL LOADS; NASA-TLX; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL DEMAND; RATING SCALE; SUBJECTIVE PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NASA; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 76249117384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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