Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application

International Journal of Automation Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-715

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Aida, Takamitsu ^a   Hashimoto, Takuya ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

McKibben artificial muscle; muscle suit; power assist; wearable robot; work related disorder

Indexed keywords

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE SUIT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; POWER ASSIST; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; WEARABLE ROBOTS; WORK-RELATED; WORK-RELATED DISORDER;

MUSCLE;

EID: 78751511785     PISSN: 18817629     EISSN: 18838022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2009.p0709     Document Type: Article

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