Prototype design and realization of an innovative energy efficient transfemoral prosthesis

2010 3rd IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-196

  Unal, R ^a   Behrens, S M ^a   Carloni, R ^a   Hekman, E E G ^a   Stramigioli, S ^a   Koopman, H F J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGETIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGETIC COUPLING; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN GAIT; POWER FLOWS; PROTOTYPE DESIGNS; STANCE PHASE; STORAGE ELEMENTS; SWING PHASE; TEST SETUPS; TRANSFEMORAL PROSTHESIS; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 78650385753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5626778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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