Intention-based EMG control for powered exoskeletons

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2180-2190

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

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive robotics; electromyography (EMG) control; powered exoskeletons

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; DYNAMIC CONDITION; EMG CONTROL; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; FULL CONTROL; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HUMAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE TORQUE; MUSCULAR TORQUE; POWERED EXOSKELETONS; USER-DEPENDENT;

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION;

ROBOTICS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); STEADY STATE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84864242549     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2198821     Document Type: Article

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