A one-degree-of-freedom assistive exoskeleton with inertia compensation: The effects on the agility of leg swing motion

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-245

  Aguirre Ollinger, G ^a   Colgate, J E ^a   Peshkin, M A ^a   Goswami, A ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

admittance control; exoskeleton; lower limb assistance; rehabilitation robotics

Indexed keywords

ADMITTANCE CONTROL; ASSISTIVE; COMPUTER SCREENS; CONTROL METHODS; EXOSKELETON; EXOSKELETON MECHANISM; HUMAN LIMBS; KNEE FLEXIONS; LIMB MOVEMENTS; LITTLE RESEARCH; LOAD CARRYING; LOWER EXTREMITY; LOWER-LIMB ASSISTANCE; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; SWING MOTION; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL TARGET;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ROBOTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951609312     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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