NEUROExos: A variable impedance powered elbow exoskeleton

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1419-1426

  Lenzi, Tommaso ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^a   De Rossi, Stefano Marco Maria ^a   Roccella, Stefano ^a   Vecchi, Fabrizio ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELBOW EXOSKELETON; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LINK STRUCTURE; PASSIVE COMPLIANCE; PASSIVE MECHANISM; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; VARIABLE IMPEDANCE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84055189583     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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