Motion-based design of elastic belts for passive assistive device using musculoskeletal model

2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1343-1348

  Imamura, Yumeko ^a   Tanaka, Takayuki ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihito ^a   Takizawa, Kazuki ^a   Yamanaka, Masanori ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BODY SURFACE; ELASTIC FORCE; HUMAN BODIES; LOW BACK; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; POWER ASSIST; POWER ASSIST DEVICE; TARGET MOTIONS; USER TESTING; WEAR COMFORT;

BIOMIMETICS; DESIGN; LOAD TESTING; ROBOTICS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84860771673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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