The technical trend of the exoskeleton robot system for human power assistance

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1491-1497

  Lee, Heedon ^a   Kim, Wansoo ^a   Han, Jungsoo ^b   Han, Changsoo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hansung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton robot system; Human power assistive system; Human robot cooperation system; Human robot interaction; Wearable robot system

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

ASSISTIVE SYSTEM; BIO-MECHANICAL DESIGNS; DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; EXOSKELETON SYSTEMS; HUMAN-ROBOT COOPERATION; SYSTEM STRUCTURE MODEL; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

SOCIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 84863944551     PISSN: 12298557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12541-012-0197-x     Document Type: Article

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