A power assist device based on joint equilibrium point estimation from EMG signals

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-218

  Kawase, Toshihiro ^a   Kambara, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Koike, Yasuharu ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Equilibrium point; Exoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); STIFFNESS;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; POSTURE MAINTENANCES; POWER ASSIST DEVICE; POWER ASSIST SYSTEMS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SIGNALS; TORQUE ESTIMATION; USER EQUILIBRIUM;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 84857318104     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2012.p0205     Document Type: Article

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