Design and control of multifunctional magnetorheological actuators for assistive knee braces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7643, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Guo, H T ^a   Liao, W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Assistive knee braces; MR fluids; Multifunctional actuator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; ASSISTIVE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND CONTROL; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGNS; HUMAN WALKING; KEY COMPONENT; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ACTUATOR; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MATERIALS SELECTION; MR FLUID; MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACTUATORS; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; SPEED-TRACKING;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONTROL THEORY; DESIGN; FLUIDS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; YIELD STRESS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77953524451     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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