Human-Robot synchrony: Flexible assistance using adaptive oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1012

  Ronsse, Renaud ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^b   Lenzi, Tommaso ^b   Van Den Kieboom, Jesse ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^b   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; adaptive frequency oscillator; assist as needed; flexibility; human robot interaction; motor primitive

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR; ASSIST-AS-NEEDED; FLEXIBILITY; MOTOR PRIMITIVE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALIBRATION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATOR; ROBOTICS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79251603322     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2089629     Document Type: Article

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