Design of a simple and modular 2-DOF ankle physiotherapy device relying on a hybrid serial-parallel robotic architecture

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-114

  Syrseloudis, Christos E ^a   Emiris, Ioannis Z ^a   Lilas, Theodore ^a   Maglara, Artemis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c Reflexion LTD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ankle rehabilitation; design; kinematics; parallel robot; serial robot; simulation

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DESIGN; KINEMATICS; REDUNDANCY; ROBOTICS;

ANKLE PHYSIOTHERAPY; ANKLE REHABILITATION; FORCE CAPABILITIES; HIGH COSTS; HIGH STIFFNESS; HUMAN FOOT; HYBRID ARCHITECTURES; LARGE SIZES; LOW COSTS; PARALLEL ROBOT; PARALLEL ROBOTS; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; REHABILITATION DEVICES; ROBOTIC ARCHITECTURES; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SERIAL ROBOTS; SIMULATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79959357749     PISSN: 11762322     EISSN: 17542103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ABB-2011-010     Document Type: Article

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