Magnetorheological fluids based multifunctional actuator for assistive knee braces

2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1883-1888

  Guo, H T ^a   Liao, W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; BRAKING CONTROL; BRAKING TORQUE; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DISABLED PEOPLE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MR FLUID; MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACTUATORS; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; NORMAL WALKING;

BIOMIMETICS; BRAKING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETOS; ROBOTICS; YIELD STRESS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77951459618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.5420538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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