Proportional EMG control for upper-limb powered exoskeletons

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 628-631

  Lenzi, T ^a   De Rossi, S M M ^a   Vitiello, N ^a   Carrozza, M C ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SIGNAL; ELBOW EXOSKELETON; EMG CONTROL; FULL CONTROL; MUSCULAR TORQUE; UPPER LIMBS;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84055212271     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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