Development of Power Assist Wear Using Pneumatic Rubber Artificial Muscles

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Noritsugu, Toshiro ^a   Takaiwa, Masahiro ^a   Sasaki, Daisuke ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

pneumatics; power assist; rubber artificial muscle; wearable robot

Indexed keywords

PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATICS; RUBBER; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AVERAGE AGES; DISABLED PEOPLE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; POWER ASSIST; POWER ASSIST DEVICE; POWER-ASSIST WEARS; RUBBER ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 78649250779     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2009.p0607     Document Type: Article

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