Optimal design and control of a thumb exoskeleton

IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1492-1497

  Orlando, M F ^a   Akolkar, H ^a   Dutta, A ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Behera, L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

4 bar mechanism; EMG; Exoskeleton; Genetic algorithm; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

4-BAR MECHANISM; EMG; EMG SIGNAL; EXOSKELETON; EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; FINGER MOTION; HUMAN FINGER JOINTS; HUMAN FINGERS; JOINT MOTION; MOTION DATA; NEURAL NET; OPTIMAL DESIGN; REVOLUTE JOINTS; VISION SYSTEMS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 79951600063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2010.5686139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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